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The Study of Dress History
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Study of Dress History
Contributors:
By (Author) Lou Taylor
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
21st February 2002
Country:
United Kingdom
Classifications
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
296
Dimensions:
Width 170mm, Height 240mm
Description
Over the past ten years the study of dress history has achieved academic respectability. This book shows how the fields of dress history and dress studies are now benefitting from the adoption of new multi-disciplinary approaches and outlines the full range of these approaches which draw on material culture, ethnography, and cultural studies. -- .
Author Bio
Lou Taylor is Professor of Dress and Textile History at the University of Brighton and author of Mourning Dress: a costume and social history (1983) and, with Elizabeth Wilson, Through the looking glass (1989)
