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008 120216s2012 mnu b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780816678068 (hardback)
020 $a9780816678075 (pb)
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050 00 $aGT525$b.E93 2012
084 $aDES005000$aSOC002010$aBUS073000$2bisacsh
082 00 $a391$223
245 00 $aExchanging clothes :$bhabits of being 2 /$cCristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, editors
260 $aMinneapolis :$bUniversity of Minnesota Press,$c2012.
263 $a1206
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aHabits of Being
520 $a" Clothing may not make the man (or woman), but it helps. How clothing as a vestige and artifact and as transmitter of identity moves from one use to another, from one fantasy to another fad, from one literary source to another visual one: these are the concerns of the essays in this volume.The second in a four-part series charting the social, cultural, and political expression of clothing, dress, and accessories, Exchanging Clothes focuses on the concept of transnational "circulation and exchange"--not only the global exchange of material commodities across time and space but also of the ideas, images, colors, and textures related to fashion. Essays examine the parade of heroes past, from Homer and Virgil to Dante and Ariosto, wearing armor or nothing; the social power of a tie or of a safety pin sprung from punk fashion to the red carpet; a Midwestern thrift store, from cheap labor to cheap purchase, as a microcosm of global circulation; and lesbian pulp fiction as how-to-dress manuals.Whether looking at Kate Chopin's silk stockings, Nellie Bly's capacious bag, Audrey Hepburn's cross-Atlantic travels, rings in James Merrill's poetry, or feminine ornaments in Algeria, these essays offer an ever-expanding vision of how fashion moves through culture and the economy, reflecting and determining identity at every stage and turn of the transaction.Contributors: Nello Barile, IULM U, Milan; Vittoria C. Caratozzolo, Sapienza, U of Rome; Alisia Grace Chase, SUNY, Brockport; Chafika Dib-Marouf, Jules Verne U, Picardie; Anne Hollander; Mariuccia Mandelli (Krizia); Andrea Mariani, Gabriele d'Annunzio U, Chieti-Pescara; Katalin Medvedev, U of Georgia; Laura Montani; Karen Reimer; Cristina Scatamacchia, U of Perugia. "--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aClothing and dress$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aFashion$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aGender identity.
650 0 $aGroup identity.
650 7 $aDESIGN / Fashion.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aGiorcelli, Cristina.
700 1 $aRabinowitz, Paula.