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Based on examples from fashion magazines, trade periodicals, costume artifacts, Hollywood films and the records of organized labor the author describes the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex' and the ways in which individuals and groups em…
"Undergarments have long given shape to the clothed female form while also shaping our understanding of femininity. Fields charts the changes in both the design of these garments and the meaning of intimate apparel in America by closely examining the history of specific garments…
Presents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex, ' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate…
Quelle utilité ont les dessous féminins qui s'étalent aujourd'hui tant sur les affiches que dans les magazines, enveloppant des corps de femmes parfaites? Pour beaucoup de femmes, les dessous sont achetés pour faire plaisir à l'autre, l'homme. Et pourtant, depuis la haute Antiqu…
¿Qué se deduce sobre nuestra sociedad de las miles de imágenes de ropa interior moldeando cuerpos esculturales que vemos multiplicarse en vallas publicitarias y revistas? Muchas mujeres acuden a la lencería para complacer a los hombres. Sin embargo, ya desde tiempos inmemoriales…