Appearance and Identity: Fashioning the Body in Postmodernity

By Llewellyn Negrin

Book Overview

This book casts a critical look at the dominant position that fashion has come to occupy in contemporary society. It addresses various aspects of fashion in postmodern culture including makeup, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, ornament in dress and the blurring of gender boundaries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230607624
• ISBN13: 9780230607620
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"