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  • Fashion and Psychoanalysisby Alison Bancroft

    I.B.Tauris 2012; US$ 26.67

    In this innovative new book, Alison Bancroft re-examines significant moments in twentieth century fashion history through the focal lens of psychoanalytic theory. Her discussion centres on studies of fashion photography, haute couture, queer dressing, and fashion/art in an attempt to shed new light on these key issues. According to Bancroft, problems... more...

  • Crossing the Lineby Simon J. Bronner

    Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 12.50

    Lively analyses on the changing meanings of elaborate ceremonies when crossing the equator more...

  • The Face of Fashionby Jennifer Craik

    Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 66.95

    The Face of Fashion breaks new ground in the study of fashion by establishing the relations between the codes and systems of clothing and the conduct of everyday life. It addresses men's and women's fashion and gender identity. more...

  • Glamourby Carol Dyhouse

    Zed Books 2010; US$ 19.95

    Glamour: Women, History, Feminism explores the changing meanings of the word glamour, its relationship to femininity and fashion, and its place in twentieth-century social history. Using a rich variety of sources – from women's magazines and film, to social surveys and life histories – Carol Dyhouse examines with wit and insight the history... more...

  • Unveiling Fashionby Frédéric Godart

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 42.00

    Proposing a comprehensive account of the global fashion industry this book aims to present fashion as a social and cultural fact. Drawing on six principles from the industry, Godart guides the reader through the economic, social and political arena of the world's most glamorous industry. more...

  • Fashion in Popular Cultureby Joseph H. Hancock

    Intellect 2013; US$ 20.00

    This book cover both historical and contemporary concerns, including the role fashion plays in subcultures. Fashion is a phenomenon that exemplifies diversity across cultures.It is dependent on time and place and commonly defined as the prevailing style at a given moment or place. Fashion is codified and endowed with social meanings about gender, sexuality... more...

  • Beyond Backpacker Tourismby Kevin Hannam; Anya Diekmann

    Multilingual Matters 2010; US$ 54.95

    Building on previous work on backpacking, this book takes the analysis of backpacker tourism further by engaging both with new theoretical debates into tourism experiences and mobilities as well as with new empirical phenomena such as the rise of the 'flashpacker' and alternative destinations. more...

  • Why We Runby Bernd Heinrich

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99

    In Why We Run, biologist, award-winning nature writer, and ultramarathoner Bernd Heinrich explores a new perspective on human evolution by examining the phenomenon of ultraendurance and makes surprising discoveries about the physical, spiritual -- and primal -- drive to win. At once lyrical and scientific, Why We Run shows Heinrich's signature... more...

  • Keeping Up Appearancesby Catherine Horwood

    The History Press 2013; US$ 18.94

    The British have always been concerned about accent, appearance and class, but at no time during the twentieth century was 'keeping up appearances' more important than during the 1920s and 1930s. From the impecunious youth anxious to create a favourable impression at the local tennis club dance to female office workers advised by the Daily Mail that... more...

  • Hunters and Trackers of the Australian Desertby Pat Lowe

    Rosenberg Publishing 2002; US$ 15.99

    Australian Aborigines are legendary hunters and trackers. However, few people have more than a sketchy idea of the skills they have to master from early childhood onwards. The people of the deserts that make up the centre of Australia adapted to one of the most marginal environments on earth, with no technology to assist them other than what they could... more...