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What is On fashion about?

<p>Until recently, fashion was considered the "F-word" in intellectual circles, dismissed as unworthy of serious attention. Yet no area of life, no individual moment, stands outside fashion's discourses. Intuitively, we all know that clothing is a language, incessantly communicating messages about its wearer. But who speaks this language, to whom is it addressed, what does it mean, and how are its meanings established and transformed? <i>On Fashion</i> explores the ways our material, political, psychological, sexual, even intellectual lives are woven into fashion's fabric.</p> <p>This stimulating collection of essays explores fashion's symbolic and figurative functions in photography, cinema, and video; in consumerism, postmodernism, and feminism; in political and material culture; and in self-definition and subjectivity. They demonstrate the pervasive reach of fashion and its expressions.</p> <p>This collection contains over sixty photographs and illustrations and includes essays by Barbara Brodman, Mary Ann Caws, Linda Benn DeLibero, Hlne Cixous, Diana Fuss, Cheryl Herr, Karla Jay, Deborah Jenson, Douglas Kellner, Ingeborg Majer O'Sickey, Leslie W. Rabine, Andrew Ross, Sonia Ryki

Who reads On fashion?

Author

Shari Benstock and Suzanne Ferriss

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813520339

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Folklore, Anthropology, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24