Rise Of Fashion: A Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0816643938 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A compendium of key writings on fashion trends Midwest Book Review Compiled and edited by Daniel Leonhard Purdy, college-level students of fashion design history will welcome The Rise Of Fashion: A Reader, a compendium of key writings on fashion trends from the Enlightenment to modern times, translating many works previously available only in other la
. Daniel Leonhard Purdy is associate professor of German at Pennsylvania State University
Making available many previously untranslated or otherwise unfamiliar works from French, German, and English, Purdy establishes an extraordinary lineage of fashion commentary dating back to Mandeville and Voltaire, which laid the groundwork for the writings on commodity culture of Adorno, Benjamin, and the Frankfurt School. From critiques of aristocratic excess to accounts of fashion's influence on our ideals of masculinity or femininity, from the figure of the dandy and the eroticism of clothing to the class po
About the Author Daniel Leonhard Purdy is associate professor of German at Pennsylvania State University.