{"product_id":"9781472583178","title":"Fashion Studies : Research Methods, Sites, and Practices","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFashion Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of fashion has expanded into a thriving field of inquiry, with researchers utilizing diverse methods from across subject disciplines to explore fashion and dress in wide-ranging contexts. With an emphasis on material culture and ethnographic approaches in fashion studies, this groundbreaking volume offers fascinating insights into the complex dynamics of research and fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing unique case studies, with interdisciplinary scholars reflecting on their practical research experiences, \u003ci\u003eFashion Studies\u003c\/i\u003e provides rich and nuanced perspectives on the use, and mixing and matching of methodological approaches – including object and image based research, the integration of qualitative and quantitative methods and the fluid bridging of theory and practice. Engaging with diverse subjects, from ethnographies of model casting and street-style blogging, wardrobe studies and a material culture analysis of global denim wearing, to Martin Margiela's design and archival methods,\u003ci\u003e Fashion Studies\u003c\/i\u003e presents complex approaches in a lively and informative manner that will appeal to students of fashion, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies and related fields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Never  before has the diverse panorama of research methods in fashion studies  been brought together in one volume. From object to image and from  design to consumer, our field's leading scholars thoughtfully share the  unique ways in which they collect and theorize data in fashion. This is  the essential text for all fashion studies research methods courses and  the latest addition to all of our personal reference libraries.” – \u003ci\u003eBen Barry, Associate Professor of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, School of Fashion, Ryerson University, Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Heike Jenss has done an outstanding job in  compiling an insightful and inspiring book that covers a range of  important research on fashion as a material object and a practice. This  book demonstrates the depth and the richness of the discipline and its  creative methodological strategies. It is an invaluable contribution to  the field and a must-read for all fashion scholars, practitioners, and  students.” – \u003ci\u003eYuniya Kawamura, Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Focusing on research methods and practices in  fashion studies, and demonstrating how both fashion and research are in  fact situated practices, this much welcome collection will prove a  necessity for anyone teaching fashion studies and\/or doing fashion  research. The rich array of case studies all elegantly manage to bridge  theory and practice, and while outlining and exemplifying a variety of  methodologies, they also ultimately prove the interdisciplinarity of  fashion studies as a field.” – \u003ci\u003eLouise Wallenberg,  Associate Professor and Establishing Director of the Centre for Fashion  Studies at Stockholm University, Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472583178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40626209882318,"sku":"9781472583178","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_94c89f89-7b75-4414-8256-ae4844260b1f.jpg?v=1638671455","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472583178","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}