Undressing Cinema: Clothing and identity in the movies

by Stella Bruzzi

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From Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, to sharp-suited gangsters in Tarantino movies, clothing is central to film. In Undressing Cinema, Stella Bruzzi explores how far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities, and she proposes new and dynamic links between cinema, fashion and costume history, gender, queer theory and psychoanalysis.
Bruzzi uses case studies drawn from contemporary popular cinema...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415139570

ISBN13:9780415139571

Release Date:November 1997

Publisher:Routledge

Length:248 Pages

Weight:2.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Customs & Traditions Fashion Film & Television Humor & Entertainment Media Studies Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movies

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