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Clothing the body is a complicated act of daily existence. Drawing on ethnographic knowledge to connect theory and practice, this text reveals links between material culture, social and economic forces and personal performance to explain clothing choices through time and across cultures.

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Through rich ethnographic detail and cutting-edge theory, DIY Style tells the fascinating story of an international do-it-yourself (DIY) movement through a major case study of the "indie" music and fashion scene in Indonesia.

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Through rich ethnographic detail and cutting-edge theory, DIY Style tells the fascinating story of an international do-it-yourself (DIY) movement through a major case study of the "indie" music and fashion scene in Indonesia.

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Beginning with a look at the subcultural world of gay men in the early part of this century, this book analyzes the trends in dress adopted by gay men as well as the challenge gay style has made to mainstream men's fashion.

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Beginning with a look at the subcultural world of gay men in the early part of this century, this book analyzes the trends in dress adopted by gay men as well as the challenge gay style has made to mainstream men's fashion.

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While African American dress has long been noted as having a distinctive edge, many people may not know that debutante balls feature young men and women dressed in conventional symbols of male hegemony and female purity. This text discusses how dress is a site for the renegotiation of identity.

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While African American dress has long been noted as having a distinctive edge, many people may not know that debutante balls feature young men and women dressed in conventional symbols of male hegemony and female purity. This text discusses how dress is a site for the renegotiation of identity.

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Our dress is our identity. In dress, we live, move and have our social being. This book shows how the dressed body is central to the construction of a recognizable identity and provides accessible accounts of the particular dress "ways" associated with a considerable variety of lifestyles.

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Our dress is our identity. In dress, we live, move and have our social being. This book shows how the dressed body is central to the construction of a recognizable identity and provides accessible accounts of the particular dress "ways" associated with a considerable variety of lifestyles.

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For ninety years, young society women in San Antonio, Texas have donned custom-designed dresses and trains to take part in the Coronation of a queen and her court. This book presents a study of social elites in Western society through a material culture analysis of the Coronation costumes worn by the Euro-American debutantes.

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Fashion Classics provides an interpretative overview of the writings of eight theorists whose work has influenced the conceptual and theoretical basis of our contemporary understanding of clothes.

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Fashion Classics provides an interpretative overview of the writings of eight theorists whose work has influenced the conceptual and theoretical basis of our contemporary understanding of clothes.

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Costume historians trace the birth of fashion back to the thirteenth century and writings on fashion date back as early as the sixteenth century. This book features classic fashion writings, which have had a profound impact on the understanding and approach to modern day dress, from the psychology of clothes through to collective fashion trends.

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Costume historians trace the birth of fashion back to the thirteenth century and writings on fashion date back as early as the sixteenth century. This book features classic fashion writings, which have had a profound impact on the understanding and approach to modern day dress, from the psychology of clothes through to collective fashion trends.

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Through case studies focussing on the work of an international range of scholars, Fashion Studies examines how ethnographic and material culture methodologies can be applied effectively in fashion research practice