Psychoanalysis in Fashion

Psychoanalysis in Fashion the editors have assembled a series of riveting essays that span a broad range of connections between the unconscious mind and its expression in the dressing and adornment of the self. Fashion trends hairdos jewelry and even cross-dressing are all fair game for the books bold expositions and intriguing ideas. Conscious and unconscious fantasies play large roles in dressing up which itself shapes expresses and even conceals portions of identity. Ultimately we are shown how we banish the animal body while cloaking ourselves in cultural glory. Danielle Knafo Author Dancing with the Unconscious and The Age of PerversionPsychoanalysis and Fashion is a much needed contribution to the psychoanalytic literature on the body particularly the body as looked at. Katz and Richards and their co-authors have us think about the body and its accoutrements from psychodynamic interpersonal and sociological perspectives. Clothing as well as jewelry hair styles tattoos reveal as well as conceal social status gender identity and sexual availability. It is a page-turner: delightful delicious at times personal while being scholarly. It covers the myriad complex aspects that make up a fashion identity. Janice Liebermanm Author Body Talk: Looking and Being Looked at in Psychotherapy