5 options
Why women wear what they wear / Sophie Woodward.
Table of contents Available online
View onlineTable of contents Available online
View onlineTable of contents Available online
View onlineLIBRA TT507 .W65 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodward, Sophie.
- Series:
- Materializing culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress.
- Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
- Clothing and dress--Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 178 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berg, [2007]
- Summary:
- 'Why Women Wear What they Wear' presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions - observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body, and identity.
- Contents:
- Understanding women and their wardrobes
- Hanging out in the home and the bedroom
- But what were you wearing? clothes and memories
- Looking good, feeling right, the aesthetics of getting dressed
- Looking in the mirror, seeing and being seen
- Mothers, daughters, friends, dressing up in relationships
- Fashion, breaking and making the rules
- Dressing up and dressing down, can you wear jeans?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Woodward, Sophie. Why women wear what they wear.
- ISBN:
- 9781845206987
- 1845206983
- 9781845206994
- 1845206991
- OCLC:
- 172521744
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.