Power mode : the force of fashion

Power mode : the force of fashion /

Power Mode: The Force of Fashion" explores the multiple roles fashion plays in establishing, reinforcing, and challenging power dynamics within society. Published in tandem with The Museum at FIT exhibition of the same title, this book is divided thematically into five chapters that focus on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McClendon, Emma (Author)
Other Authors: Jenkins, Kimberly M. (writer of text.), Craik, Jennifer (writer of text.), Breward, Christopher, 1965- (writer of text.), McNeil, Peter, 1966- (writer of text.), Givhan, Robin (writer of text.), Steele, Valerie (writer of text.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milano, Italy : Skira editore S.p.A., 2019.
Subjects:
2000-2099
Fashion > Social aspects.
Fashion > Political aspects.
Military uniforms > Influence.
Fashion design.
Fashion > History > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects.
Clothing and dress > Symbolic aspects.
Clothing and dress > Erotic aspects.
Fashion.
History.
Pictorial works.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Emma McClendon
  • Fashion, power and the racialized body / Kimberly M. Jenkins-- Chapter 1: Dressed for battle / Emma McClendon
  • A Lieutenant colonel's dress blues / Jennifer Craik-- Chapter 2: Suited up / Emma McClendon
  • Grace Wales Bonner / Christopher Breward
  • Chapter 3: Status as style / Emma McClendon-- An Eighteenth-century embroidered suit / Peter McNeil
  • Chapter 4: Fashioning resistance / Emma McClendon
  • The MAGA hat vs. public school / Robin Givhan-- Chapter 5: Sheathed in sex / Emma McClendon
  • A pair of fetish boots / Valerie Steele.

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