Fashion as communication / Malcolm Barnard.
By: Barnard, Malcolm.
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415260183; 9780415260183; 0415260175; 9780415260176; 1315013088; 9781315013084.Subject(s): Clothing and dress -- Social aspects | Fashion -- Social aspects | Costume -- Sex differences | Costume -- Psychological aspects | Costume -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 391 | Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Raffles Kuala Lumpur Reference | Reference | GT511. B36 2002 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | RKLB12001299 | |
| Books | Raffles University Reference | Reference | GT511 .B36 2002 (Browse shelf) | Available | RUI1400109 | ||
| Books | Raffles University Reference | Reference | GT511 .B36 2002 (Browse shelf) | Available | RUI1400110 | ||
| Books | Raffles University Reference | Reference | GT511 .B36 2002 (Browse shelf) | Available | RUI1400120 |
Previous edition: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Etymologies and Definitions of Fashion and Clothing -- 2. Fashion, Clothing, Communication and Culture -- 3. Functions of Fashion and Clothing -- 4. Fashion, Clothing and Meaning -- 5. Fashion, Clothing and the Reproduction of Society -- 6. Fashion, Clothing and Social Revolution -- 7. Fashion, Clothing and Postmodernity -- 8. Conclusion.
In this fully revised and updated edition, Malcolm Barnard introduces fashion and clothing as ways of communicating and challening class, gender, sexual and social identities.