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1. Fashion In Focus: Concepts, Practices and Politics

   By Tim Edwards

   The study of fashion has exploded in recent decades, yet quite what this all means, quite where it might take us, is not clear. This new book helps to bring fashion into focus, with a comprehensive guide to the key theories, perspectives and developments in the field. Tim Edwards includes...

   November 2010 | 978-0-415-44794-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Fashion History Reader: Global Perspectives

   Edited by Giorgio Riello, Peter McNeil

   The Fashion History Reader is an innovative work that provides a broad introduction to the complex literature in the fields of fashion studies, and dress and fashion history. A comprehensive resource for those who wish to further their engagement with fashion as a contemporary phenomenon, the...

   April 2010 | 978-0-415-49324-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Places and Spaces of Fashion, 1800-2007

   Edited by John Potvin

   The Places and Spaces of Fashion, 1800-2007 brings together art, design, fashion, and a much neglected concern for its spatial realities. The spaces and places of fashion have often been overlooked in the writing of fashion history and visual culture. More often than not, however, these...

   July 2009 | 978-0-415-87382-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Popular Culture in a Globalised India

   Edited by K. Moti Gokulsing, Wimal Dissanayake

   As India celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of its independence, much praise was lavished on its emergence as a major player on the global stage. Its economic transformation and geopolitical significance as a nuclear power are matched by its globally resonant cultural resources. This book...

   2008 | 978-0-415-47667-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, and Globalization

   Edited by Eugenia Paulicelli, Hazel Clark

   Fashion is both public and private, material and symbolic, always caught within the lived experience and providing an incredible tool to study culture and history. The Fabric of Cultures examines the impact of fashion as a manufacturing industry and as a culture industry that shapes the...

   2008 | 978-0-415-77543-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Fashion Theory: A Reader

   Edited by Malcolm Barnard

   From its beginnings in the fifteenth century, intensified interest in fashion and the study of fashion over the last thirty years has led to a vast and varied literature on the subject. This collection of essays surveys and contextualizes the ways in which a wide range of disciplines have used&...

   2007 | 978-0-415-41340-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Fashion Handbook

   By Tim Jackson, David Shaw

   The Fashion Handbook is the indispensable guide to the fashion industry. It explores the varied and diverse aspects of the business, bringing together critical concepts with practical information about the industry’s structure and core skills, as well as offering advice on real working practices...

   2006 | 978-0-415-25580-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Lure of Perfection: Fashion and Ballet, 1780-1830

   By Judith Bennahum

   2004 | 978-0-415-97038-9 | Paperback (Routledge)