Dressing Dangerously - Dysfunctional Fashion in Film

Emphasizes how problematic, even shocking depictions of dress, until now largely overlooked, play pivotal roles in shaping film narrative. Integrating fashion theory, film analysis and literature, this text investigates the ways cinema influences fashion and, conversely, how fashion speaks to film. Zusammenfassung A thought-provoking examination of the challenging and sometimes sinister roles that fashion has played in the history of cinema

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• Authors: Jonathan Faiers, Faiers Jonathan
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9780300184389
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18438-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 250 mm x 288 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; ART / History / General, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, History of Art, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, History of fashion, Fashion and textile design, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism