Why Women Wear What they Wear (Materializing Culture)
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: February 5, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781845206987
Subjects: Costume; Social & cultural anthropology; Women's studies; Social Science; Gender Studies; Sociology; Anthropology - Cultural; Fashion; Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Clothing and dress; Psychological aspects; Social aspects
Description: 'Why Women Wear What they Wear' presents an intimate ethnography of clothing choice. The book uses real women's lives and clothing decisions - observed and discussed at the moment of getting dressed - to illustrate theories of clothing, the body, and identity.