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Barthes, Roland.

The language of fashion / Roland Barthes ; translated by Andy Stafford ; edited by Andy Stafford and Michael Carter. - English ed. - Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006. - xiii, 183 p. ; 20 cm.

"Published in association with Power Publications, Sydney"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-171) and index.

Clothing history -- History and sociology of clothing : some methodological observations -- Language and clothing -- Towards sociology of dress -- Systems and structures -- 'Blue is in fashion this year' : a note on research into signifying units in fashion clothing -- From gemstones to jewellery -- Dandyism and fashion -- [An early preface to] The fashion system -- Fashion, a strategy of desire : round-table discussion with Roland Barthes, Jean Duvignaud and Henri Lefebvre -- Fashion and the social sciences (interview) -- On the fashion system (interview) -- Fashion debates and interpretations -- The contest between Chanel and Courrèges : refereed by a philosopher -- A case of cultural criticism -- Showing how rhetoric works -- Clothes, fashion and system in the writings of Roland Barthes : 'something out of nothing' / Andy Stafford.


Translated from the French.

ISBN: 1845203801 (paper) 1845203798 (cloth)

Standard No.: 9781845203801 (paper) 9781845203795 (cloth)

LCCN: 2005033621

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA599361 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013343392 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Clothing and dress--Social aspects.
Clothing and dress--History.
Fashion--Social aspects.
Fashion--History.

LC Class. No.: GT511 / .B363 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 391