Fashion in fiction
Subtitle: text and clothing in literature, film and television
By: edited by Peter McNeil, Vicki Karaminas and Catherine Cole.
Contributors: McNeil, Peter, 1966-; Karaminas, Vicki.; Cole, Cathy, 1950-
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
ISBN-13: 9781847883575; 9781847883599
Subjects: Clothing and dress in literature; Clothing and dress in motion pictures; Clothing and dress on television; Fashion in literature; Fashion in motion pictures
Description: Fashion in Fiction examines the ways in which dress "performs" in a wide range of contemporary and historical literary texts. Essays by North American, European and Australian scholars explore the function of clothing within fictional narratives, including those of film, television and advertising.