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Body Dressing (Dress, Body, Culture) by Joanne Entwistle, Elizabeth Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book is supposed to contain many pictures. However, this version has none. Instead of the pictures, there is a notice to refer to the print book. It's a scam, probably by the publisher.For some time now the body has been a central topic across a range of social science disciplines. Similarly, there has been a growing interest in the cultural meaning of clothing. But curiously, even though people are nearly always clothed, the relationship between dress and the body has been relatively unexplored until now. Dress is a crucial aspect of embodiment, shaping the self physically and psychologically. From dressing up to dressing down, this book exposes the complex ways that fashions and costumes render the body presentable in a vast range of social situations. It investigates the varied ways in which western and non-western clothes operate to give the body meaning and situate it within culture. The authors consider different approaches to the relationship between fashion, dress and the body, and present new theoretical models for their future study. They demonstrate the importance of the concept of ‘embodiment’ to dress and fashion studies. Exploring gender, photography, cultural hi

Who reads Body Dressing (Dress, Body, Culture)?

Author

Joanne Entwistle, Elizabeth Wilson, Elizabeth Wilson

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781859734445

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Health & Fitness, Folklore, Anthropology

Updated

2026-03-24