Thinking through fashion: a guide to key theorists

Abstract

"A vital update to the definitive guide to fashion and cultural theory, featuring four new chapters on key theorists Edward Said, bell hooks, Frantz Fanon and W.E.B. Du Bois, a new preface and updated introduction, and essential revisions to equip readers with the most up-to-date developments in fashion and fashion studies. Across 19 major thinkers from the 19th to the 21st century, the second edition of this comprehensive collection introduces readers to the process of thinking through rich cultural fields such as fashion with the help of social and cultural theory, and thinking through social and cultural theory with the help of fashion. Each chapter guides you through the work of a major thinker and considers their historical context, the role of fashion within their theory, how their theoretical frameworks apply to contemporary fashion studies, and the strengths and limitations of their approach."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Introduction to Thinking through Fashion / Agnès Rocamora and Anneke Smelik -- Karl Marx : Fashion and Capitalism / Anthony Sullivan -- Sigmund Freud: More than a Fetish : Fashion and Psychoanalysis / Janice Miller -- Georg Simmel : The 'Philosophical Monet' / Peter McNeil -- W.E.B. Du Bois : Fashion through the Veil / Luciana Scrutchen -- Walter Benjamin : Fashion, Modernity and the City Street / Vicki Karaminas and Adam Geczy -- Mikhail Bakhtin : Fashioning the Grotesque Body / Francesca Granata.