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Fashion and orientalism : dress, textiles and culture from the 17th to the 21st century /

Orientalism is a central factor within the fashion system, both subtle and overt. In this timely and groundbreaking book, the author shows the extent of the influence that the Orient had, and continues to have, on fashion. Our concept of Western fashion is unthinkable without it, whether in terms of...

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Main Author: Geczy, Adam
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K. : Berg, 2013.
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > Orient.
Clothing and dress > Psychological aspects.
Fashion > Social aspects.
Orientalism.
Clothing.
Gender expression.
ISBN:9781847885999 (pbk.)
1847885993 (pbk.)
Table of Contents:
  • Note continued: 4.1868-1944: The Japoniste Revolution, the Deorientalizing of the Orient and the Birth of Couture
  • Japonism and the Kimono
  • Deorientalizing Japan
  • Deorientalizing Turkey
  • Couture, Art and Costume: From Poiret to the Ballets Russes
  • Paquin
  • Fortuny
  • The Interwar Years: The Orient in Early Film
  • 5.1944-2011: Postwar Revivalism and Transorientalism
  • Hippies and Counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Perfume
  • The New Japanese Revolution in French Couture
  • Postmodern and Contemporary Couture
  • Reorienting and Self-orientalizing the Orient
  • The Burqa Wars

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