Is Fashion A Woman's Right? by Carolyn Beckingham - 2005-06

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Brighton, United Kingdom: Sussex Academic Press, 2005 Sussex Academic Press 2005 hardback with dj, the publishers page has been removed but is A NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch Synopsis This book addresses the evidence for the widespread belief that enjoyment of fashion is necessarily inconsistent with feminist values, from a feminist (as opposed to a post-feminist) point of view. It begins by establishing that many feminists in fact hold this belief and argues that disagreeing does not mean claiming that feminism was unnecessary or that it is now rendered redundant by changing social mores. The author describes the historical background as applied to both men's and women's clothing in various cultures, including close reading of the function of clothes in the novels of the "Bronte sisters", "Thackeray and Dickens", through to the use of fashion as a call to arms for the early feminists, as well as later theorists like Susan Sontag and Naomi… Read More

Brighton, United Kingdom: Sussex Academic Press, 2005 A NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL OUTSIDE EUROPE OTHERWISE WILL GO SURFACE MAIL

Brighton and Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2005. First Edition. Cloth. Like New/Like New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book This book addresses the evidence for the widespread belief that enjoyment of fashion is necessarily inconsistent with feminist values, from a feminist (as opposed to a post-feminist) point of view. It begins by establishing that many feminists in fact hold this belief and argues that disagreeing does not mean claiming that feminism was unnecessary or that it is now rendered redundant by changing social mores. The author describes the historical background as applied to both men's and women's clothing in various cultures, including close reading of the function of clothes in the novels of the "Bronte sisters", "Thackeray and Dickens", through to the use of fashion as a call to arms for the early feminists, as well as later theorists like Susan Sontag and Naomi Wolf. Issues of personal freedom and political… Read More

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Hardback. New. Addresses the evidence for the belief that enjoyment of fashion is necessarily inconsistent with feminist values, from a feminist point of view. This book begins by establishing that many feminists hold this belief, and argues that disagreeing does not mean claiming that feminism was unnecessary or that it is rendered redundant by social mores.

Sussex Academic Pr, 2005. Hardcover. New. new title edition. 276 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.