The language of fashion
By: Roland Barthes ; translated by Andy Stafford ; edited by Andy Stafford and Michael Carter.
Contributors: Stafford, Andy.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Berg; Berg Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781845203801; 9781845203795
Subjects: Clothing and dress -- Social aspects.; Clothing and dress -- History.; Fashion -- Social aspects.; Fashion -- History.
Description: Roland Barthes, widely regarded as one of the most subtle and perceptive critics of the 20th century, was particularly fascinated by fashion and clothing. This work presents a set of essays, revealing the breadth and insight of Barthes' long engagement with the history of clothes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Clothing history; title: History and sociology of clothing : some methodological observations; title: Language and clothing; title: Towards sociology of dress; title: Systems and structures; title: Blue is in fashion this year; title: From gemstones to jewellery; title: Dandyism and fashion; title: [An early preface to] The fashion system; title: Fashion, a strategy of desire (round-table discussion with Jean Duvignaud and Henri Lefebvre); title: Fashion and the social sciences (interview); title: On the fashion system (interview); title: Fashion debates and interpretations; title: The contest between Chanel and Courrèges : refereed by a philosopher; title: A case of cultural criticism; title: Showing how rhetoric works; title: Clothes, fashion and system in the writings of Roland Barthes "something out of nothing" / by Andy Stafford.