Fashioning the Frame: Boundaries, Dress and the Body

by Alexandra Warwick and Dani Cavallaro

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The body has been the focus of much recent critical attention, but the clothed body less so. In answering the need to theorize dress, this book provides an overview of recent scholarship and presents an original theory of what dress means in relation to the body. Identity relies on boundaries to individuate the self. Dress challenges boundaries: it frames the body and serves both to distinguish and connect self and 'Other'. The authors argue that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1859739865

ISBN13:9781859739860

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:Berg Publishers

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Decorative Arts & Design Europe Fashion Design France Gender Studies History Military Social Science Social Sciences Textile & Costume

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