Fashion, Popular Culture and Political Economy / Nirupama Singh Dar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dar, Nirupama Singh, author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politics and culture.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (567 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Foundations of Popular Culture and Fashion in Capitalist Societies

Chapter 2 Capitalism's Favorite Child, 'Fashion', Theorized

Chapter 3 Fashion's Blistering Ontologies: Paris: 1845 Onwards

Chapter 4 Popular Culture in India at the Turn of the 19th Century: India's Rise Against Anti-Dance Laws of British Rule and the Birth of the Dance Movement in India

Chapter 5 Beginning of the Indian National Movement and Rise of Ghadar Party on America's West Coast and Their Contribution to India's Freedom

Chapter 6 The Rise of Bloomsbury Bohemians in England and Their Contribution to the End of English Colonialism

Chapter 7 The Beginning of the Global Feminist Movement and Its Iconization in the Gibson Girl and the New Woman

Chapter 8 The End of the First World War and the Rise of Popular Culture in the West: The Flapper: First Look Emerging from the Break between Ancient Times and Modernity

Chapter 9 Birth of Modern Haute Couture: The Rise of Three Fashion Icons in Paris: Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaperelli and Christian Dior

Chapter 10 Hollywood and Fashion: The Rise of Fashion's Romantic Hero 'Christian Dior'

Chapter 11 Manhattan Project, Atomic Bombings, War's End, Rise of Hate Politics and Its Effects on American Society, Hollywood from 1940s Onwards

Chapter 12 Literature and Philosophy Changing Societies: The Beat Generation and the Impact of Existentialism on Popular Culture in the United States (1940s-1950s)

Chapter 13 Cold War Escalations, JFK and the Birth of the Hippie Movement (1940s-1960s): The Epiphany of War and Peace: Circumstances Building Up to the Making of the Nuclear Arsenal and the Birth of the Hippie Movement

Chapter 14 Introduction of Yves Saint Laurent to the Haute Couture Industry and the Democratization of Fashion

Chapter 15 The Arrival of Balenciaga, Balmain and Givenchy on the Fashion Scene and the Return of Coco to Paris (1950s)

Chapter 16 The Coming of Karl Lagerfeld, André Courrèges, Valentino, Mary Quant and Paco Rabanne Onto the 1960s Fashion Scene

Chapter 17 From Monique Wittig to the Material Girl: The Rewriting of the Feminist Epistemology (1960s-1990s)

Chapter 18 From Objectification to the #MeToo Movement: Models, Barbies and Playboy Politics (1960s-2024)

Chapter 19 The Unshackling of the Body and Changing of Social Mores (the 1980s)

Chapter 20 Rise of a New World: The Fall of the Berlin Wall and Apartheid and the End of the Age of Supermodels (1980s-1990s)

Chapter 21 India: The Coming of Liberalization and the End of the Licence Raj (1990s and Onwards)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 22 Bollywood: From Existential Angst to Postmodernism of Resistance: 1980s-2000s and Onwards

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Singh Dar, Nirupama Fashion, Popular Culture and Political Economy

ISBN:

9781040256930

1040256937

9780429318061

0429318065

Publisher Number:

90101641350

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