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Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion

Autor Tansy E. Hoskins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 ian 2014
Stitched Updelves into the alluring world of fashion to reveal what is behind the clothes we wear. Moving between Karl Lagerfeld and Karl Marx, the book explores consumerism, class and advertising to reveal the interests which benefit from exploitation.

Tansy E. Hoskins dissects fashion’s vampiric relationship with the planet and with our bodies to uncover what makes it so damaging. Why does ‘size zero’ exist and what is the reality of working life for models? In a critique of the portrayal of race in fashion, the book also examines the global balance of power in the industry.

Beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned designs, In a compelling conclusionStitched Upexplores the use of clothing to resist. Can you shock an industry that loves to shock? Is ‘green fashion’ an alternative?Stitched Upprovides a unique critical examination of contemporary culture and the distorting priorities of capitalism.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780745334561
ISBN-10: 0745334563
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 135 x 215 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: PLUTO PRESS
Colecția Pluto Press

Notă biografică

Tansy E. Hoskinsis a writer, journalist and activist. She has worked for Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Islam Channel. She writes for theGuardianandBusiness of Fashion, and has appeared on the BBC, Al Jazeera and Channel 4'sTen O'Clock Live.

Cuprins

Introduction
1 Owning It
2 The Fashion Media
3 Buyology
4 Stitching It
5 A Bitter Harvest
6 Fashion and Size
7 Is Fashion Racist?
8 Resisting Fashion
9 Reforming Fashion
10 Revolutionising Fashion
Notes
Index