Dress Codes - Meanings and Messages in American Culture

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Rubinstein Klappentext Clothing and fashion form images used by society to organize itself, maintain social order, and integrate social change. These images emanate from the "collective memory," a vocabulary of images accumulated since the ancient past. Zusammenfassung Clothing and fashion form images used by society to organize itself, maintain social order, and integrate social change. These images emanate from the "collective memory," a vocabulary of images accumulated since the ancient past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction , Dress in Societal Discourse , Nineteenth-Century Theories of Clothing , Characteristics of Modern Social Discourse , New Institutional Patterns of Discourse , Dressing the Public Self , Clothing Signs and Social Imperatives , The Image of Power , The Image of Authority , Gender Images , Seductive Images , Clothing Symbols and Cultural Values , Wealth and Beauty in the Middle Ages , Leisure and Political Hierarchy , Commerce and Fashion , Beauty As Perfection of Physical Form , The Youth Ideal , The Health Ideal , Publicspeak , Clothing Tie-Signs , Clothing Tie-Symbols , The Presidency and Contemporary Fashion , The Personal Self , Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Rubenstein, Rubenstein Ruth, Ruth Rubinstein, Ruth P. Rubinstein
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2001
• EAN: 9780813367958
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-6795-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Guides > Health > Beauty/cosmetics; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Mode und Bekleidung, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, Fashion & society, Fashion design & theory, United States of America, USA, Fashion and textile design, Cultural studies: dress and society