Appearance and Identity - Fashioning the Body in Postmodernity

This book casts a critical look at the dominant position that fashion has come to occupy in contemporary society. It addresses various aspects of fashion in postmodern culture including makeup, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, ornament in dress and the blurring of gender boundaries.

List of contents

Introduction: Appearance and Identity The Self as Image: A Critical Appraisal of Postmodern Theories of Fashion Cosmetics and the Female Body Cosmetic Surgery and the Eclipse of Identity Body Art and Men's Fashion Ornament and the Feminine The Postmodern Gender Carnival

About the author

DR. LLEWELLYN NEGRIN is currently Head of and Senior Lecturer in Art and Design Theory at the School of Art, University of Tasmania, Australia where she has taught since 1989. She has published many articles in journals such as Theory, Culture& Society,Body& Society, Philosophy& Social Criticism, Feminist Theory and the European Journal of Cultural Studies.

Summary

This book casts a critical look at the dominant position that fashion has come to occupy in contemporary society. It addresses various aspects of fashion in postmodern culture including makeup, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, ornament in dress and the blurring of gender boundaries.

Product details

• Authors: L Negrin, L. Negrin
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349374298
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37429-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 217 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 273 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 200 p.
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Organic chemistry; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Gender Studies, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Social Theory, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Regional Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Social sciences—Philosophy, Culture—Study and teaching, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, cosmetics;gender;society;surgery