Exchanging Clothes: Habits of Being II - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0816678073 ISBN 13: 9780816678075

Casa editrice: Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2012

Riassunto

Clothing may not make the man (or woman), but it helps. How clothing as a vestige and artifact and as transmitter of identity moves from one use to another, from one fantasy to another fad, from one literary source to another visual one: these are the concerns of the essays in this volume.



The second in a four-part series charting the social, cultural, and political expression of clothing, dress, and accessories, Exchanging Clothes focuses on the concept of transnational &;circulation and exchange&;&;not only the global exchange of material commodities across time and space but also of the ideas, images, colors, and textures related to fashion. Essays examine the parade of heroes past, from Homer and Virgil to Dante and Ariosto, wearing armor or nothing; the social power of a tie or of a safety pin sprung from punk fashion to the red carpet; a Midwestern thrift store, from cheap labor to cheap purchase, as a microcosm of global circulation; and lesbian pulp fiction as how-to-dress manuals.



Whether looking at Kate Chopin&;s silk stockings, Nellie Bly&;s capacious bag, Audrey Hepburn&;s cross-Atlantic travels, rings in James Merrill&;s poetry, or feminine ornaments in Algeria, these essays offer an ever-expanding vision of how fashion moves through culture and the economy, reflecting and determining identity at every stage and turn of the transaction.



Contributors: Nello Barile, IULM U, Milan; Vittoria C. Caratozzolo, Sapienza, U of Rome; Alisia Grace Chase, SUNY, Brockport; Chafika Dib-Marouf, Jules Verne U, Picardie; Anne Hollander; Mariuccia Mandelli (Krizia); Andrea Mariani, Gabriele d&;Annunzio U, Chieti-Pescara; Katalin Medvedev, U of Georgia; Laura Montani; Karen Reimer; Cristina Scatamacchia, U of Perugia.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Cristina Giorcelli is professor of American literature at the University of Rome Three.



Paula Rabinowitz is professor of English at the University of Minnesota.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Minnesota Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0816678073
• ISBN 13: 9780816678075
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 265
• Redattore: Giorcelli Cristina, Rabinowitz Paula
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