Synopses & Reviews
The importance of studying the body as a site for the deployment of discourses is well-established. By contrast, the study of dress has traditionally suffered from a lack of critical analysis. Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of fashion as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. It provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena ranging from foot binding to fashion advertising. Fashion Theory provides a vital contribution to cultural studies, art, history, literary criticism, anthropology, fashion history, media studies, gender studies, folklore studies and sociology. It is multi-disciplinary, features international coverage and is heavily illustrated.
Review
"Edited by the astute fashion historian Valerie Steele, the journal sets out to prove that fashion resonates in our culture."--
The Washington Post"A fine addition to academic institutions with cultural studies programs: essential for those with special collections in fashion and costume."--Library Journal
"Way deeper than your average issue of Vogue. Essential reading for students and fashion historians."--The Guardian
"Fashion Theory is both chic and serious--yes, and sexy, too."--Times Higher Education Supplement
About the Author
Valerie Steele is Director, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and the author of
Fetish,
The Corset: A Cultural History, and
The Red Dress. Table of Contents
"Seeing is Believing": World Fashion and the Hong Kong Young Designers' Contest--Lise Skov * Weaponizing the Femme Fatale--Emily Apter * The Zoot Suit--Holly P. Alford * Fashion and the White Savage in the Parisian Music Hall--Rae Beth Gordon
* Articles are subject to change.