Dress and ideology
Subtitle: fashioning identity from antiquity to the present
By: edited by Shoshana-Rose Marzel and Guy D. Stiebel
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781472529343; 9781472525499; 9781472558084; 9781472558091
Subjects: Clothing and dress; History; Fashion; Social aspects
Description: Dress and fashion are powerful visual means of communicating ideology, whether political, social or religious. From the communist values of equality, simplicity and solidarity exemplified in the Mao suit to the myriad of fashion protests of feminists such as French revolutionary women's demand to wear trousers, dress can symbolize ideological orthodoxy as well as revolt. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, this book presents the first scholarly analysis of dress and ideology through accessible case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.