Japanese fashion cultures dress and gender in contemporary Japan
From Rococo to Edwardian fashions, Japanese street style has reinvented many western dress styles, reinterpreting and altering their meanings and messages in a different cultural and historical context. This wide ranging and original study reveals the complex exchange of styles and what they represe...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Academic
2015
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| Series: | Dress, body, culture
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Add Tag | Summary: | From Rococo to Edwardian fashions, Japanese street style has reinvented many western dress styles, reinterpreting and altering their meanings and messages in a different cultural and historical context. This wide ranging and original study reveals the complex exchange of styles and what they represent in Japan and beyond, contesting common perceptions of gender in Japanese dress and the notion that non-western fashions simply imitate western styles. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 203 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781472532800 9781472536211 (hardback) |
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