Fashion, Desire And Anxiety: Image And Morality In The Twentieth Century

Synopsis

Arnold (cultural studies and fashion history and theory, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London) draws from diverse sources to discuss such themes as how fashion uses and abuses the power of wealth, the alienating promotion of good taste, the power plays of sex and display, and how identities can be blurred to disguise and confuse. She focuses on photographs from the 1970s through the end of the century. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR