Fashion Ology

Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher : Berg Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781859738146
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion-ology written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yuniya Kawamura provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. She argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She also debunks the myth of 'the genius designer' explaining that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief.

Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 1847886078
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion-ology written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Berg. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a concise and much-needed introduction to the sociology of fashion. Most studies of fashion do not make a clear distinction between clothing and fashion. Kawamura argues that clothing is a tangible material product whereas fashion is a symbolic cultural product. She debunks the myth of the genius designer and explains, provocatively, that fashion is not about clothes but is a belief. There is an institutional structure, ignored by many fashion theorists, that has shaped and produced the fashion phenomenon. Kawamura further shows how the structural nature of the fashion system works to legitimize designers creativity and can make them successful. Newer fashion cities, such as Milan and New York, are the product of the fashion system that originated in Paris. Without that systemic structure, fashion culture would not exist. Fashion-ology provides a big picture approach that focuses on the social process behind fashion and its perpetuation.

Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781474278515
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Author : Yuniya Kawamura
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Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474278493
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion-ology written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of a classic work offers a concise introduction to the sociology of fashion, and demystifies the workings of the fashion system. From the origins of fashion studies and the difference between clothing and fashion, through to an examination of 21st century subcultures, and the impact of the digital age on designers, Fashion-ology explores fashion as a global, social construct. With accessible overviews of key debates, issues and perspectives, the book provides a complete exploration of the field, and features a wide range of international case studies which bring the theory to life. Updated with two new chapters on subcultures and the impact of technology, along with guides to further reading and a student guide to sociological research in fashion, this is essential reading for anyone studying fashion, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Author : Nancy Duarte
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 0596522347
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slide:ology written by Nancy Duarte and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents practical approaches for developing an effective presentation, covering such topics as creating diagrams, displaying data, arranging elements, creating movement, and interacting with slides.

Author : Malcolm Barnard
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351583654
Total Pages : 860 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashion Theory written by Malcolm Barnard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Fashion Theory: A Reader brings together and presents a wide range of essays on fashion theory that will engage and inform both the general reader and the specialist student of fashion. From apparently simple and accessible theories concerning what fashion is to seemingly more difficult or challenging theories concerning globalisation and new media, this collection contextualises different theoretical approaches to identify, analyse and explain the remarkable diversity, complexity and beauty of what we understand and experience every day as fashion and clothing. This second edition contains entirely new sections on fashion and sustainability, fashion and globalisation, fashion and digital/social media and fashion and the body/prosthesis. It also contains updated and revised sections on fashion, identity and difference, and on fashion and consumption and fashion as communication. More specifically, the section on identity and difference has been updated to include contemporary theoretical debates surrounding Islam and fashion, and LGBT+ communities and fashion and the section on consumption now includes theories of 'prosumption'. Each section has a specialist and dedicated Editor's Introduction which provides essential conceptual background, theoretical contextualisation and critical summaries of the readings in each section. Bringing together the most influential and ground breaking writers on fashion and exposing the ideas and theories behind what they say, this unique collection of extracts and essays brings to light the presuppositions involved in the things we all think and say about fashion. This second edition of Fashion Theory: A Reader is a timeless and invaluable resource for both the general reader and undergraduate students across a range of disciplines including sociology, cultural studies and fashion studies.

Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 0857852167
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fashioning Japanese Subcultures written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Berg. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western fashion has been widely appreciated and consumed in Tokyo for decades, but since the mid-1990s Japanese youth have been playing a crucial role in forming their own unique fashion communities and producing creative styles which have had a major impact on fashion globally. Geographically and stylistically defined, subcultures such as Lolita in Harajuku, Gyaru and Gyaru-o in Shibuya, Age-jo in Shinjuku, and Mori Girl in Kouenji, reflect the affiliation and identities of their members, and have often blurred the boundary between professionals and amateurs for models, photographers, merchandisers and designers. Based on insightful ethnographic fieldwork in Tokyo, Fashioning Japanese Subcultures is the first theoretical and analytical study on Japan's contemporary youth subcultures and their stylistic expressions. It is essential reading for students, scholars and anyone interested in fashion, sociology and subcultures.

Author : Yuniya Kawamura
Publisher : Berg
ISBN 13 : 1847885829
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Research in Fashion and Dress written by Yuniya Kawamura and published by Berg. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides readers with a guided introduction to the key qualitative methodological approaches and shows students how ‘to do' research by combining theoretical and practical perspectives.

Author : Dugald Steer
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763628956
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wizardology written by Dugald Steer and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2005-09-13 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merlin the wizard challenges readers to become wizards like himself by deciphering clues hidden in his guide to wizardry.