Research Catalog

Title

Exchanging clothes : habits of being 2 / Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, editors.

Publication

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

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Additional Authors

• Giorcelli, Cristina.
• Rabinowitz, Paula.

Description

xxii, 265 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

" 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. "--

Series Statement

Habits of being ; 2

Uniform Title

Habits of being ; 2.

Subject

• Clothing and dress > Social aspects
• Fashion > Social aspects
• Gender identity
• Group identity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQD 14-49

ISBN

• 9780816678068 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0816678065 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9780816678075 (pb)
• 0816678073 (pb)

LCCN

2012002772

OCLC

759909868

Title

Exchanging clothes : habits of being 2 / Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, editors.

Imprint

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Series

Habits of being ; 2

Habits of being ; 2.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Giorcelli, Cristina.

Rabinowitz, Paula.

Research Call Number

JQD 14-49