The Clothed Body

Dress Is Everywhere Imbued With Symbols That Reflect Different Meanings In Different Contexts. This Compelling Book Convincingly Demonstrates How Clothing Is Analogous To A Working Language And Is Similarly Underpinned By Deeper Meanings And Philosop Hies. From Tattoos And Mini-skirts, To Skin Decoration, Makeup And Hair, Calefato Unpicks The Multiple Functions Of Modern Dress. Exploring Intriguing Commonalities - For Example, Between Tattooed Egyptian Mummies Of 2000 Bc And Modern Subcultural St Yles - Calefato Considers The Psychological, Cultural, Spiritual And Symbolic Significances At Pla. Dress, Language And Communication -- Dress And Social Identity -- Style And Styles Between Fashion And The Grotesque -- Taste Between Common Sense And Received Meaning -- Everyday Models -- The Face And The Gaze -- Degree Zero Of Fashion And The Body : The Model, The Nude And The Doll -- Intertextual Strategies And Contemporary Mythology -- Fashion And Cinema -- Wearing Black -- Mass Fashion : The Role Of Fashion In Music -- Time -- Fashion Intertexts -- Objects. Patrizia Calefato ; English Translation By Lisa Adams. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 159-164) And Index. English.