{"product_id":"on-fashion-paperback","title":"On Fashion - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShari Benstock\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Ferriss\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil recently, fashion was considered the \"F-word\" in intellectual circles, dismissed as unworthy of serious attention. Yet no area of life, no individual moment, stands outside fashion's discourses. Intuitively, we all know that clothing is a language, incessantly communicating messages about its wearer. But who speaks this language, to whom is it addressed, what does it mean, and how are its meanings established and transformed? \u003ci\u003eOn Fashion\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways our material, political, psychological, sexual, even intellectual lives are woven into fashion's fabric.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis stimulating collection of essays explores fashion's symbolic and figurative functions in photography, cinema, and video; in consumerism, postmodernism, and feminism; in political and material culture; and in self-definition and subjectivity. They demonstrate the pervasive reach of fashion and its expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis collection contains over sixty photographs and illustrations and includes essays by Barbara Brodman, Mary Ann Caws, Linda Benn DeLibero, Hlne Cixous, Diana Fuss, Cheryl Herr, Karla Jay, Deborah Jenson, Douglas Kellner, Ingeborg Majer O'Sickey, Leslie W. Rabine, Andrew Ross, Sonia Rykiel, Carol Shloss, Kaja Silverman, Maureen Turim, and Iris Marion Young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHARI BENSTOCK is a professor of English at the University of Miami and the author of \u003ci\u003eWomen of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940 \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTextualizing the Feminine: On the Limits of Genre\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSUZANNE FERRISS is an assistant professor in the liberal arts department at Nova University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.04 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165996138745,"sku":"9780813520339","price":70.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/blBQZUVHV1FjeU9UckI1NnNKTW5rdz09.webp?v=1767448569","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/on-fashion-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}