Fashion & war in popular culture / Denise N. Rall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rall, Denise N., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

Clothing and dress.

War and society.

Physical Description:

186 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Fashion and war in popular culture

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2014.

Summary:

This volume from authors in three anglophone traditions: British, American and Australian, explores new terrain that connects sartorial traditions, both ancient and modern, with the realities of conquest and war. These contributors offer diverse perspectives drawn from the fields of fashion, media and film studies, cultural criticism, art history and practices in textile art. While one author considers the role of Britain's Young Black Artists in her analysis of recent curatorial trends in London museums, another contributor offers a personal view of soldiering from his completed tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq. The provocative issues of war, postcolonial conquest and the uneasy presence of the military in civilian life include: representations of female bravery in wartime comics from the First and Second World Wars, a rise in so-called 'Nazi aesthetics' in post-9/11 film and online imagery, body changes that build a new 'brand' of modern soldier, military style in uniformed civilian occupations, historical and cultural impacts of war on fashion designers and their work, on both sides of the Atlantic, controversies regarding the use of military motifs in fashion design, styles of dress as a uniform for youth violent crime, the submission and resistance to European design in postcolonial cultures, ethics of high fashion in the promotion of 'military chic' Book jacket.

Contents:

Section I The military in popular culture 19

Chapter 1 Representation of female wartime bravery in Australia's Wanda the War Girl and Jane at War from the UK / Jane Chapman Chapman, Jane 21

Chapter 2 Fashionable fascism: Cinematic images of the Nazi before and after 9/11 / Kylee M. Hartman-Warren Hartman-Warren, Kylee M. 35

Chapter 3 Branding the muscled male body as military costume / Heather Smith Smith, Heather, Richard Gehrmann Gehrmann, Richard 57

Section II Fashion and the military 73

Chapter 4 In the service of clothes: Elsa Schiaparelli and the war experience / Annita Boyd Boyd, Annita 75

Chapter 5 The discipline of appearance: Military style and Australian flight hostess uniforms 1930-1964 / Prudence Black Black, Prudence 91

Chapter 6 Models, medals, and the use of military emblems in fashion / Amanda Laugesen Laugesen, Amanda 107

Section III Framing youth fashion, textile artworks and postcolonial costume in the context of conflict 123

Chapter 7 Battle dressed - clothing the criminal, or the horror of the 'hoodie' in Britain / Joanne Turney Turney, Joanne 125

Chapter 8 Dutch wax and display: London and the art of Yinka Shonibare / Davinia Gregory Gregory, Davinia 139

Chapter 9 Costume and conquest: Introducing a proximity framework for post-war impacts on textile and fashion / Denise N. Rail Rail, Denise N. 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1841507512

9781841507514

OCLC:

859446983

Publisher Number:

99957871259