Transglobal fashion narratives : clothing communication, style statements and brand storytelling / edited by Anne Peirson-Smith and Joseph H. Hancock II.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Peirson-Smith, Anne, editor.

Hancock, Joseph, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

Clothing and dress.

Physical Description:

vi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Intellect ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Contents:

Section 1 Clothing Communication: Fashion as Written/Image p. 25

Chapter 1 Fashioning Adaptations: Anna Karenina on Screen p. 29 / Pamela Church Gibson

Chapter 2 The Desire for Change and Contrast: Fashion in Soviet Films between 1956 and 1985 p. 45 / Julia Hargassner

Chapter 3 The Sad Fortunes of 'Stylish Things': George Eliot and the Languages of Fashion p. 65 / Royce Mahawatte

Chapter 4 Oscar Wilde and the Philosophy of Fashion p. 79 / Colin Cavendish-Jones

Chapter 5 Lolita through the Looking Glass: Alice, the Japanese Lolita Subculture and the Lolita Complex p. 91 / Kathryn A. Hardy Bernal

Chapter 6 Sewing Manuals in 1950s China: Socialist Narratives and Dress Patterns from New Democracy to Socialist Transformation p. 115 / Antonia Finnane

Section 2 Style Statements: Fashioning Identity p. 137

Chapter 7 The Emperor's New Clothes Revisited: On Critical Fashion, Magical Thinking and Fashion as Fiction p. 141 / Efrat Tseëlon

Chapter 8 From Tradition to Fantasy: National Costume for Puerto Rican Miss Universe Contestants p. 157 / José Blanco F. and Raúl J. Vázquez-López

Chapter 9 From Iconography to Inspiration: Australian Indigenous References in Contemporary Fashion p. 169 / Jennifer Craik

Chapter 10 In Your Face: Masculine Style Stories and the Fashionable Beard p. 193 / Maria Mackinney-Valentin and Trine Brun Petersen

Chapter 11 Becoming Animal, Becoming Free: Re-Reading the Animalistic in Fashion Imagery p. 215 / Louise Wallenberg

Chapter 12 Fragile Fashion: The Paper Dress as Art and Visual Consumption p. 237 / Viveka Kjellmer

Chapter 13 'O Brave New World That Hath Such Costumes in It': An Examination of Cosplay as Fantastical Performance p. 253 / Anne Peirson-Smith

Section 3 Brand Storytelling: Commodified Fashion Tales p. 277

Chapter 14 'Paris of the East'? Collapsing Fashion Capitals through Fashion Photography of Shanghai and Hong Kong p. 281 / Jess Berry

Chapter 15 Weaving Fashion Stories in Shanghai: Heritage, Retro and Vintage Fashion in Modern Shanghai p. 295 / Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas

Chapter 16 X Marks the Spot: The Phenomena of Visuality and Brandscaping as Material Culture p. 311 / Demetra Kolakis

Chapter 17 Cargo Pants: The Transnational Rise of the Garment that Started a Fashion War p. 327 / Joseph H. Hancock II

Chapter 18 Cool Japan: Fashion as a Vehicle of Soft Power p. 341 / Tets Kimura.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1783208449

9781783208449

OCLC:

1035393767