The handbook of fashion studies / edited by Sandy Black [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Sandy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Fashion.

Clothing and dress--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Clothing and dress.

Clothing trade--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Clothing trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (654 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Handbook of Fashion Studies identifies an innovative spectrum of thematic approaches, key strands and interdisciplinary concepts that continue to push forward the boundaries of fashion studies. The book is divided into seven sections: Fashion, Identity and Difference; Spaces of Fashion; Fashion and Materiality; Fashion, Agency and Policy; Science, Technology and New fashion; Fashion and Time and, Sustainable Fashion in a Globalised world. Each section consists of approximately four essays authored by established researchers in the field from the UK, USA, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada and Aus

Contents:

The Handbook of Fashion Studies; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Section I: Fashion/Dress and Time; Introduction; 1 Fashion and Dress History: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches; 2 Dress, Time, and Space: Expanding the Field through Exhibition Making; 3 New Fashion Times: Fashion and Digital Media; 4 Fashion, the Body, and Age; Section II: Fashion, Identity, and Difference; Introduction; 5 Fashion and Class Evaluations; 6 Gender and Eighteenth-Century Fashion; 7 Lesbian Style; SECTION III: Spaces of Fashion; Introduction

8 Border Crossings: Fashion in Film/Fashion and Film9 The Hidden Spaces of Fashion Production; 10 Fashion: More Than Cloth and Form; 11 Markets as Fashion Spaces; SECTION IV: Fashion and Materiality; Introduction; 12 Investigative Methodologies: Understanding the Fabric of Fashion; 13 Looking at Fashion: The Material Object as Subject; 14 Anthropology and Materiality; 15 Immateriality; SECTION V: Fashion, Agency, and Policy; Introduction; 16 Fashion, Tourism, and Global Culture; 17 Artisan Enterprise, Cultural Property, and the Global Market; 18 Mapping Latin American Fashion

19 Secondhand Clothing and Africa: Global Fashion Influences, Local Dress Agency, and Policy IssuesSECTION VI: Science, Technology, and New Fashion; Introduction; 20 Technology and Future Fashion: Body Technology for the Twenty-First Century; 21 XS Labs: Electronic Textiles and Reactive Garments as Sociocultural Interventions; 22 Advanced Textiles for Fashion in Science, Literature, and Film; 23 Fashion and Science Intersections: Collaborations across Disciplines; SECTION VII: Sustainable Fashion in a Globalized World; Introduction

24 Corporate Responsibility in the Global Apparel Industry:Toward an Integrated Human Rights-Based Approach25 Fast Fashion and Sustainability; 26 Design for Sustainability in Fashion and Textiles; 27 Fashion and the Design of Prosperity: A Discussion of Alternative Business Models; Resources Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4725-7744-2