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The language of fashion / Roland Barthes ; translated by Andy Stafford ; edited by Andy Stafford and Michael Carter.
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- Author/Creator:
- Barthes, Roland.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
- Clothing and dress.
- Clothing and dress--History.
- History.
- Fashion--Social aspects.
- Fashion.
- Fashion--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 183 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the French.
- Summary:
- Roland Barthes, widely regarded as one of the most perceptive critics of the twentieth century, was particularly fascinated by fashion and clothing. This collection brings together all of Barthes' untranslated writings on fashion, revealing the breadth and insight of Barthes' long engagement with the history of clothes. The essays range from an analysis of the significance of gemstones and jewelry, to an exploration of Courrè ges and Chanel, to a discussion of of hippy style in Morocco, and the role of color in fashion.
- Contents:
- History and sociology of clothing : some methodological observations
- Language and clothing
- Towards a sociology of dress
- 'Blue is in fashion this year' : a note on research into signifying units in fashion clothing
- From gemstones to jewellery
- Dandyism and fashion
- [An early preface to] The fashion system
- Fashion, a strategy of desire : round-table discussion with Roland Barthes, Jean Duvignaud and Henri Lefebvre
- Fashion and the social sciences (interview)
- On The fashion system (interview)
- The contest between Chanel and Courrèges : refereed by a philosopher
- A case of cultural criticism
- Showing how rhetoric works
- Clothes, fashion and system in the writings of Roland Barthes : 'something out of nothing' / Andy Stafford.
- Notes:
- "Published in association with Power Publications, Sydney"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-171) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1845203801
- 1845203798
- OCLC:
- 62344837
- Publisher Number:
- 9781845203801 (paper)
- 9781845203795 (cloth)
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