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Dressed to impress looking the part edited by William J.F. Keenan ; foreword by David Martin. - Oxford New York Berg 2001. - xv, 236 p. ill. 25 cm. - Dress, body, culture .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Sartor Resartus restored: dress studies in Carlylean perspective -- A comparative exploration of dress and the presentation of self as implicit religion -- An 'informalizing spurt' in clothing regimes: court ballet in the civilizing process -- Land of hip and glory: fashioning the 'classic' national body -- Multiple meanings of the Hijab in contemporary France -- Gestus manifests Habitus: dress and the Mormon -- Vampires and goths: fandom, gender and cult dress -- The fall and rise of erotic lingerie -- Dress freedom: the personal and the political.

ISBN: 1859734553 185973460X (pbk.) £14.99

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA1-Y8263

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Costume--Social aspects.
Choice (Psychology)
Identity (Psychology)
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: GT525 / .D74 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 391.0019 / D7735