The Dressed Society
Clothing, the Body and Some Meanings of the World
- Peter Corrigan - University of New England, Armidale, Australia
This exhaustive book demonstrates how dress shapes and is shaped by social processes and phenomena such as beauty, time, the body, the gift exchange, class, gender and religion. It does this through an analysis of topics like the Islamic clothing controversy in state schools, the multitude of identities associated with dress, the Dress Reform movement, the construction of the body in fashion magazines and the role of the internet in fashion. What emerges is a trenchant, sharply observed account of the place of dress in contemporary society.
The book will be of interest to students and researchers in Sociology, Cultural Studies, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology and Fashion Studies.
An excellent text which will work perfectly with level two and three students _ will introduce elements from some of the chapters at level one -
This is an excellent book, both historically and theoretically informed. The topic of fashion/dress is extremely popular with our students and this book is an essential read for those choosing to work in this area.
