Fashion in Fiction : Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television (9781847883575)

Fashion in Fiction examines the ways in which dress 'performs' in a wide range of contemporary and historical literary texts. Essays by North American, European and Australian scholars explore the function of clothing within fictional narratives, including those of film, television and advertising. The book provides a groundbreaking examination of the interconnected worlds of fashion and words, providing perspectives from socio-cultural, historical and theoretical readings of fashion and text-based communication.Covering a variety of genres and periods, Fashion in Fiction analyses fashion's role within a range of creative media, exploring the many ways that dress communicates, disrupts and modulates meaning across different cultures and contexts.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 224 pages
• Dimensions 156 x 234 x 12.7mm | 374g
• Publication date 01 Jul 2009
• Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Imprint Berg Publishers
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note 30 colour illustrations
• ISBN10 1847883575
• ISBN13 9781847883575
• Bestsellers rank 758,208

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