Dress And Society

Author : Jane Ashelford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780707803364
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Dress written by Jane Ashelford and published by . This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clothes worn by our ancestors afford an invaluable insight into lifestyles that have disappeared. Choice of dress at any point in time is determined by a number of factors, such as social and economic pressures, moral codes, technical advances, influence of designers and artisitc movements, and the vagaries of individual taste.

Author : Joanne B. Eicher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1609018702
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Visible Self written by Joanne B. Eicher and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthropological investigation of dress featuring selected scholarly readings is ideal for courses focused on global perspectives and cultural aspects of dress.

Author : Jane E. Workman
Publisher : Fairchild Books
ISBN 13 : 9781563676260
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dress and Society written by Jane E. Workman and published by Fairchild Books. This book was released on 2008-10-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the social expectations and meanings associated with dress is critical to a successful career in fashion. Just as critical is familiarity with research techniques to capture the history of fashion trends. Dress and Society fulfills these requirements by presenting a socio-lo-gical perspective on how people dress and a research perspective on how to develop and appreciate research skills. Analyzing dress as an individual social behavior enables students to draw connections between their own lives and different styles of dress. Concepts such as gender, religion, race, education, cultural norms, and violations of cultural norms are thoroughly discussed. By starting each chapter with a headline from mass media, engaging the students in lively discussion, and presenting research with practical applications, the content becomes enjoyable and memorable for students. Instructors, contact your Sales Representative for access to Instructor's Materials.

Author : Kelly Olson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134121202
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dress and the Roman Woman written by Kelly Olson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient Rome, the subtlest details in dress helped to distinguish between levels of social and moral hierarchy. Clothes were a key part of the sign systems of Roman civilization – a central aspect of its visual language, for women as well as men. This engaging book collects and examines artistic evidence and literary references to female clothing, cosmetics and ornament in Roman antiquity, deciphering their meaning and revealing what it meant to be an adorned woman in Roman society. Cosmetics, ornaments and fashion were often considered frivolous, wasteful or deceptive, which reflects ancient views about the nature of women. However, Kelly Olson uses literary evidence to argue that women often took pleasure in fashioning themselves, and many treated adornment as a significant activity, enjoying the social status, influence and power that it signified. This study makes an important contribution to our knowledge of Roman women and is essential reading for anyone interested in ancient Roman life.

Author : Richard A. Wells
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society, written by Richard A. Wells and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jane Ashelford
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of Dress written by Jane Ashelford and published by Abrams. This book was released on 1996-09 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clothes worn by our ancestors afford an unparalleled insight into lifestyles that have disappeared forever.

Author : Ina Ewers-Schultz
Publisher : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
ISBN 13 : 9783777431123
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tailored for Freedom written by Ina Ewers-Schultz and published by Hirmer Verlag GmbH. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seen as an expression of individuality and personality, fashion around 1900 became a synonym for the physical and social emancipation of women and progressed to become an object of artistic interest. The clothes designs of famous artists like Heinrich Vogeler, Henry van de Velde, Josef Hoffmann and Sonia Delaunay reveal both a new aesthetic and a new attitude to the role of women. The unity of art and life which the reform movements of around 1900 strove to achieve inspired artists to experiment with th e design of women's dresses. The artist's dress as a part of the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk reflects the image of woman in its various facets: as a decorative object, as an artist and as an emancipated businesswoman. This volume will delight readers with the beauty of the clothes and artworks it shows, which it classifies controversially and under new interdisciplinary perspectives in the period of change at the beginning of the twentieth century - from the German Reform Movement and the Wiener Werkstätte to the English Arts and Crafts Movement and the development of Haute Couture in Paris.

Author : Diana Crane
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226924831
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion and Its Social Agendas written by Diana Crane and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, Diana Crane demonstrates how the social significance of clothing has been transformed. Crane compares nineteenth-century societies—France and the United States—where social class was the most salient aspect of social identity signified in clothing with late twentieth-century America, where lifestyle, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ethnicity are more meaningful to individuals in constructing their wardrobes. Today, clothes worn at work signify social class, but leisure clothes convey meanings ranging from trite to political. In today's multicode societies, clothes inhibit as well as facilitate communication between highly fragmented social groups. Crane extends her comparison by showing how nineteenth-century French designers created fashions that suited lifestyles of Paris elites but that were also widely adopted outside France. By contrast, today's designers operate in a global marketplace, shaped by television, film, and popular music. No longer confined to elites, trendsetters are drawn from many social groups, and most trends have short trajectories. To assess the impact of fashion on women, Crane uses voices of college-aged and middle-aged women who took part in focus groups. These discussions yield fascinating information about women's perceptions of female identity and sexuality in the fashion industry. An absorbing work, Fashion and Its Social Agendas stands out as a critical study of gender, fashion, and consumer culture. "Why do people dress the way they do? How does clothing contribute to a person's identity as a man or woman, as a white-collar professional or blue-collar worker, as a preppie, yuppie, or nerd? How is it that dress no longer denotes social class so much as lifestyle? . . . Intelligent and informative, [this] book proposes thoughtful answers to some of these questions."-Library Journal

Author : Jane E Workman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781563678646
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dress & Society written by Jane E Workman and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Dress, Society, and Social Control - Dress, Society, and the Novice Researcher - The Rules We Live By: Norms - Research: Dress Codes, Gender Norms, Group Norms, and More - Violation of Norms - Tattooers, Body Piercers, Cross-Dressers, Punks, Goths, and More - Recognition of Norm Violation: The Fashion Police - Research about Recognition of Norm Violations - Reports of Norm Violations: Spreading the Word - Reading and Talking about Norm Violations - Response to Norm Violation: Sanctions - Sanctions in Various Settings - Enforcement of Sanctions - Research about Enforcement of Sanctions - Newspaper and magazine articles as opening vignettes for each chapter engage students' interest - Discussion questions relate the terms, concepts, and procedures back to the opening vignettes - Research activities give students an opportunity to apply and expand their knowledge of dress and society and practice research methods and tools to collect data - Instructor's Guide provides a test bank, internet research activities, and discussion questions - PowerPoint Presentation provides outlines and ideas for lectures; compatible with PC and Mac platforms

Author : Ruth Rubinstein
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0786750251
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dress Codes written by Ruth Rubinstein and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich with illustrations, this revised and updated second edition of Dress Codes systematically analyzes the meaning and relevance of clothing in American culture. Presented here is an up-to-date analysis of images of power and authority, gender, seduction (the sexy look, the alluring look, the glamorous look, the vulnerable look), wealth and beauty, youth and health, and leisure and political hierarchy. Taken together, the chapters offer to the student and the general reader a complete "semiotics of clothing" in a form that is highly readable, very entertaining, and thoroughly informative. The illustrations provide fascinating glimpses into the history of American fashion and clothing-along with their antecedents in Europe-as well as a fine collection of images from the more familiar world of contemporary America.Rubinstein has identified six distinct categories of dress in American society, upon which Dress Codes is based. "Clothing signs" were instituted by those in authority, have one meaning, indicate behavior, and are required attire (police uniforms, or the clothing of ministers and priests); “clothing symbols," on the other hand, reflect the achievement of cultural values—wealth, beauty, you and health. The wearing of clothing symbols—designer clothing or jewelry—may have several meanings; ‘clothing tie-signs,” which are specific types of clothing that indicate membership in a community outside mainstream culture (Hasidic, Amish, or Hare Krishna attire). They were instituted by those in authority, have one meaning, they indicate expected behavior, and are required attire; “clothing tie symbols” emanate from hopes, fears, and dreams of particular groups. They include trendy styles such as hip-hop, hippie, and gothic. Another category, “contemporary fashion,” reflects consumer sentiments and the political and economic forces of the period. “Personal dress,” refers to the "I" component we bring in when dressing the public self (bowtie, dramatic, or artistic attire). Many of these images have their roots in the “collective memory” of western society. Written in a lively and entertaining style,Dress Codes will fascinate both general readers and students interested in the history of fashion and costume, fashion design, human development, and gender studies.