The culture of fashion a new history of fashionable dress
This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meaning from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in def...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press
cop. 1995
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| Colección: | Studies in design and material culture
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| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b29351492*spi |
| Sumario: | This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meaning from medieval Europe to twentieth-century America. Breward's work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics |
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| Descripción Física: | xii, 244 p., [8] p. of lám. : il. ; 25 cm |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 237-241). Índice |
| ISBN: | 9780719041242 9780719041259 |
