Fashion Criticism

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781350058804 Author(s): Professor Francesca Granata Format: Paperback Language: English Year: 2021 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pages: 208

Description: This is the first anthology of fashion criticism, a growing field that has been too long overlooked. Fashion Criticism aims to redress the balance, claiming a place for writing on fashion alongside other more well-established areas of criticism.Exploring the history of fashion criticism in the English language, this essential work takes readers from the writing published in avant-garde modernist magazines at the beginning of the twentieth century to the fashion criticism of Robin GivhanA?the first fashion critic to win a Pulitzer PrizeA?and of Judith Thurman, a National Book Award winner. It covers the shift in newspapers from the so-called A?womenA?s pagesA? to the contemporary style sections, while unearthing the work of cultural critics and writers on fashion including Susan Sontag and Eve Babitz (Vogue), Bebe Moore Campbell (Ebony), Angela Carter (New Statesman) and Hilton Als (New Yorker).Examining the gender dynamics of the field and its historical association with the feminine, Fashion Criticism demonstrates how fashion has gained ground as a subject of critical analysis, capitalizing on the centrality of dress and clothing in an increasingly visual and digital world. The book argues that fashion criticism occupied a central role in negotiating shifting gender roles as well as shifting understandings of race.Bringing together two centuries of previously uncollected articles and writings, from Oscar WildeA?s editorials in The WomanA?s World to the ground-breaking fashion journalism of the 1980s and todayA?s proliferation of fashion bloggers, it will be an essential resource for students of fashion studies, media and journalism.

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