About this title: Presenting fashion history from a feminist viewpoint, this book examines the female body, female beauty and female culture. It discusses icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Joan Collins and Madonna, as well as fashion designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier and Calvin Klein. The author sets out to show how the female body is constantly ...
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Edition: First Edition Published in English
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Reaktion Books, London
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781861890047ISBN:1861890044
Description: Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very small crease lines on side edges of spine corners. Cream colored cloth with black lettering on spine. 228 pages. read more
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781861890047ISBN:1861890044
Description: Very Good in J Very Good jacket. 228 pgs., tight copy, text clean, dj has light wear to surface. read more
Description: Like New. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781861890047ISBN:1861890044
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. Back cover dented. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 232 p. Picturing History. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: F First English Edition
Binding: H Hardcover
Publisher: Reaktion Books, London
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781861890047ISBN:1861890044
Description: Very Good-Fine in J Near Fine jacket. 8vo 228 pp, introduction, Part I: The Female Physical Ideal, Part II: Physical Alteration, references, photographic acknowledgments, index with b&w illustrations throughout. 1' closed tear to rear panel fore-edge dj with some underlining that does not effect the text, else, no wear. Binding is tight and strong. White cloth. ~Click on BOOKSTORES to browse our extensive listings of similar titles in Womens Studies~ read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9781861890047ISBN:1861890044
Description: New. Presenting fashion history from a feminist viewpoint, this book examines the female body, female beauty and female culture. It sets out to show how the female body is constantly being changed, and by various-sometimes punishing-means designed to f... read more
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