Heroes in contemporary british culture, Korte, Barbara Falkenhayner, Nicole (university Of Freiburg, Germany)

Автор: Alison Donnell
Название: Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture
ISBN: 0415862507 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415862509
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Цена: 45930.00 T
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Описание: This is the first comprehensive reference to provide multidisciplinary coverage of the field of black cultural in Britain since 1970. Its coverage includes writing, music, art, fashion and film.

Автор: Laura Cherrie Beaney
Название: Crossing the Catwalk: Transvestism in Contemporary Fashion and Culture
ISBN: 1680534807 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781680534801
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 108640.00 T
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Описание: In the 1930s, Freud observed that “when you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ‘male or female?’ and you are accustomed to make the distinction with unhesitating certainty.” As Freud suggests, society is divisible by gender. We are taken to be either “male” or “female.” This notion seems to be fixed within our culture and is often unquestioned. In this dynamic book, fashion journalist Laura Cherrie Beaney examines gender as a concept and as a practice that is also challenged and contested in the fashion industry.While gender has been relatively fixed within our society, we are nevertheless entertained by “gender bending.” The media and entertainment industries now represent a range of gender identities. As much as it is a cultural phenomenon, gender is also an individual practice. Social theorists describe some individuals as “gender outlaws” for actively choosing to blend and shape their own gender identities. Fashionable clothing makes multiple statements about the wearer. It can identify social status and tell the viewer, “This is the type of person I am.” In contemporary culture, fashion designers, stylists, photographers, and other media professionals have been fascinated with the idea of gender and its ever-changing boundaries. In recent years, the fashion industry has also focused on ideas of unisex identity and androgyny. Indeed, the fashion industry seems to afford a decadent sense of power to alternative gender identities. Fashion designers and stylists have been inspired by alternative gender identities when creating images and when showcasing their designs.Crossing the Catwalk explores fashion to understand how this mediated image of gender equality in the twenty-first century relates to reality by examining cross-dressing and transvestism through the construction of personal style. By using case studies from a range of different sources, the book will give a clear idea of how the reality of cross-dressing compares to the glamorous and decadent images portrayed by the fashion industry. It will aim to uncover the true motivations for those who cross dress and analyze the construction of gendered personal styles in relation to fashion.

Автор: Biressi
Название: Class and Contemporary British Culture
ISBN: 1137577029 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137577023
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 23280.00 T
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Описание: How does culture articulate, frame, organise and produce stories about social class and class difference?

Автор: Biressi
Название: Class and Contemporary British Culture
ISBN: 0230240569 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230240568
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 83850.00 T
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Описание: How does culture produce stories about class and class difference? What do these stories tell us about contemporary models of success, failure, struggle and aspiration? Drawing on contemporary examples, Biressi and Nunn demonstrate why social class still matters in Britain and considers the costs and investments at stake for all involved.

Автор: Biressi A., Nunn H.
Название: Class and Contemporary British Culture
ISBN: 1349316539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349316533
Издательство: Springer
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Цена: 46570.00 T
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Описание: How does culture articulate, frame, organise and produce stories about social class and class difference?