{"product_id":"9781847888273","title":"Fashion and Everyday Life : London and New York","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFashion and Everyday Life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Cheryl Buckley, Hazel Clark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking cultural theorist Michel de Certeau's notion of 'the everyday' as a critical starting point, this book considers how fashion shapes and is shaped by everyday life. Looking historically for the imprint of fashion within everyday routines such as going to work or shopping, or in leisure activities like dancing, the book identifies the 'fashion system of the ordinary', in which clothing has a distinct role in the making of self and identity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the period from 1890 to 2010, the study is located in London and New York, cities that emerged as as socially, ethnically and culturally diverse, as well as increasingly fashionable. The book re-focuses fashion discourse away from well-trodden, power-laden dynamics, towards a re-evaluation of time, memory, and above all history, and their relationship to fashion and everyday life. The importance of place and space - and issues of gender, race and social class - provides the broader framework, revealing fashion as both routine and exceptional, and as an increasingly significant part of urban life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy focusing on key themes such as clothing the city, what is worn on the streets, the imagining and performing of multiple identities by dressing up and down, going out, and showing off, \u003ci\u003eFashion and Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e makes a unique contribution to the literature of fashion studies, fashion history, cultural studies, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“I loved this book. For a reader fascinated with the sociological and political influences on clothing design and dress choices, this book is a great read! For a professor teaching historic costume or fashion theory, this book is an excellent supplement to the greater story of fashion history.” - \u003ci\u003eFashion, Society \u0026amp; Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781847888273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40597547679950,"sku":"9781847888273","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_8b414056-263d-413a-8bfa-47cbc93257d1.jpg?v=1637882821","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781847888273","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}