{"product_id":"the-fashioned-body-fashion-dress-and-modern-social-theory","title":"The Fashioned Body: Fashion  Dress and Modern Social Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. Where once fashion was seen as marginal  it has now entered into core economic discourse focused around ideas about cultural and creative work as a major driver of developed economies. With a new preface and new material on the evolving fashion industry  this second edition gives a clear summary of the theories surrounding the role and function of fashion in modern society. Entwistle examines how fashion plays a crucial role in the formation of modern identity through its articulation of the body  gender and sexuality.  The book offers a much needed synthesis between the literature on fashion and dress  and the sociology of the body  offering an updated critique of the issues raised in the first edition. Entwistle shows how an understanding of fashion and dress requires an understanding of the meanings acquired by the body in culture since it is the body that fashion speaks to and which is dressed in almost all social situations and encounters. She argues that while fashion refers to a specific system of dress originating in the west  all cultures dress the body in the same way  making it a crucial feature of social order. Drawing on the work of theorists  the book offers insights into the connections that need to be made between the body  fashion and dress.  The Fashioned Body will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the social role of fashion and dress in modern culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44963275505717,"sku":"ByrdShop_0745649386","price":313.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780745649382.jpg?v=1770410408","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-fashioned-body-fashion-dress-and-modern-social-theory","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}