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Dress and Fashion Research Ser.: Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment : Performing Agency, Following Script by Annette Lynch (2018, Hardcover)

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Fashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality.

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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101350058262

ISBN-139781350058262

eBay Product ID (ePID)242537190

Product Key Features

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameFashion, Agency, and Empowerment : Performing Agency, Following Script

Publication Year2018

SubjectHistory & Criticism, Textile & Costume, Fashion & Accessories, Customs & Traditions, Fashion & Style

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaDesign, Social Science, Self-Help

AuthorAnnette Lynch

SeriesDress and Fashion Research Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight18.9 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

ReviewsLynch and Medvedev have given their readers a 'fresh look' into the fashion of the 21st century. Their book reflects the zeitgeist and the importance of diversity, taking readers on journeys of race, ethnicity, gender, class and most importantly style. The text relates the significance of today's cultural shifts and how we are moving into a new era reflecting the influence of global fashion., The overarching framework provided by Lynch and Medvedev in this volume is effective in addressing critical topics such as differences in gender socialization, fashion as challenge and empowerment, dress and power structures, and objectification and self-objectification in personal and group narratives ... [A] must-read for those who wish to understand the nuances of the relationship of fashionable dress to sex and power structures.

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal391

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations List of Contributors Introduction: Fashion, Sex and Power: Performing Agency, Following Script, Annette Lynch, University of Northern Iowa and Katalin Medvedev, The University of Georgia. I: Fashion as Challenge and Empowerment 1. Kangol Kool: The Performance of Black Dandyism through Stylized Hats Derrick Williams, Cuyahoga Community College 2. The Act of Gele: Symbol of Women's Power and Authority Titillayo Omoighe - Yaba College of Technology, Lagos Nigeria 3. Challenging the Gender Binary in Bond Films: Bond Girls, Villains, and James Laureen Gibson, University of Minnesota 4. The Lady was a Mshoza: Female Agency and Empowerment in South African Sub-cultures Daniela Goeller, University of Johannesburg 5. The Beauty Gap: Black Millennium Women Negotiate Beauty Standards through Consumption of MAC Cosmetics Jaleesa Reed and Katalin Medvedev, The University of Georgia 6. Menswear in the Millennium: Masculine Re-appropriation of Aspects of Hedonic Power Parker Bennett, University of Northern Iowa II: Redrafting and Denial of Agency within Structures of Power 7. High Flying Fashions: Ghana Airways' Female Flight Attendants as Exemplars of the Nation Christopher Richards, Brooklyn College 8. Preparation and Process: Power, Self and the Ritual of Dressing Steve Swindels, Kevin Almond, Anna Powell, University of Huddersfield, UK 9. Fashioning Female Punk Identity: Agency and Identity within the Subcultural Dress of Punk Musicians Theresa M. Winge and Angela Nurse, Michigan State University 10. Fashion and Empowerment: Igbo Women in Post-Colonial and 21st Century Nigeria Nwaopara Jane Nwamaka and Nwosu Basillia Amaka, Yaba College of Technology 11. First Ladies of the Raj Donald Clay Johnson, University of Minnesota 12. Sex, Power and Italian Ice-Cream Alessandra Catellani, Istituto Superiore Industrie Artistiche, Florence, Italy III: Narratives of Objectification and Self-Objectification 13. Stripping of Power: Dress and Undress in AfroBrazlian Female Slave Dress Kelly Mohs Gage, St. Catherine University 14. Cunty First: Lisa Anne Auerbach's Subversive Knit Artwork Rebecca E. Schuiling, Michigan State University 15. Dress and Sex Work - Attracting Customers through Virtual Environments Tasoulla Hadiyanni and Kim K. Johnson, University of Minnesota 16. The Prowess of a Virgin Goddess and Seductress: Analyzing the Ideas of Female Sexuality for Princess Diana and Kate Middleton Caroline McCauley, Parsons, The New School for Design 17. Representation of Women in Advertising Campaigns of the Major Italian Luxury Brands: 2010 - 2015 Federica Maria Marrella, IULM University, Milan, Italy 18. Turning Self to Object: Costume, Identity, and Gender Roles in Alice Austen's Photographic Self-Portraits Keren Ben-Horin, Independent Scholar, New York

SynopsisFashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality. In this global and interdisciplinary collection, leading authors explore the relationships between the dressed body, fashion, sex, and power, with an emphasis on the role of dress in both reinforcing and challenging social norms. Covering a range of geographic and social contexts, the book explores the role of fashion in empowering both individuals and groups to create transformation and change. Taking us from the performance of black dandyism through stylized hats, to the use of challenging dance forms and male-inspired dress by female South African dancers to express independence and equality, to ways in which recent Bond Girls have challenged traditional gender binaries, the book provides a crucial entry point into discussions of fashion as an empowerment strategy. Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment encourages the reader to critically examine the cultural and social impact of sexual objectification, as well as to consider personal and shared narratives of self-objectification and repression. With chapters ranging from the iconic self-fashioning of Princess Diana to a discussion of sex, power, and cultural constructions of masculinity, Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment provides crucial insights into global fashion, political structures, and social life.

LC Classification NumberGT525