Fashion and Cultural Studies

<p>Bridging theory and practice this accessible text considers fashion from both cultural studies and fashion studies perspectives and addresses the growing interaction between the two fields. <p/>Kaiser and Green use a wide range of cross-cultural case studies to explore how race ethnicity class gender and other identities intersect and are produced through embodied fashion. Drawing on intersectionality in feminist theory and cultural studies <i>Fashion and Cultural Studies</i> is essential reading for students and scholars. <p/>This revised edition includes updated case studies and two new chapters. The first new chapter explores religion spirituality and faith in relation to style fashion and dress. The second offers a critique of beauty and considers dressed embodiment inclusive of diverse sizes shapes and dis/abilities. Throughout the text Kaiser and Green use a range of examples to interrogate the complex entanglements of production regulation distribution consumption and subject formation within and through fashion.</p>