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Accessible and engaging, this ethnographic account introduces readers to the vampire community. Exploring the reasons behind the resurgence of fascination with the gothic in popular culture, this study of the vampire subculture is based on in-depth research and includes images from professional photographer and community member, SoulStealer.

This text tackles the subject of how appearance affects social interaction, and the role of larger social structures in perpetuating and institutionalizing it as an evaluation criterion. It asks questions such as what role does women's dress play in others' perceptions of consent in cases of rape?

Throughout its long history, homedressmaking has been a formative experience in the lives of millions of women. This volume is an account of the significance of homedressmaking as a form of American and European material culture, and explores themes including gender, technology and consumption.

This title examines the way in which the dress acts on the body and is integral to our experience of embodiment. Exploring gender, photography, cultural history and modernity, this book analyzes sources from 1960's fashion photography to modern gay fashion and turn-of-the-century tailoring.

Dress provides a window for viewing culture, because it visually attests to the salient ideas, concepts and categories fundamental to that culture. This text examines how the metaphor of appearance is used within religious groups in the USA, to express religiosity, ethnicity and gender norms.

Costume historians trace the birth of fashion back to the thirteenth century and writings on fashion date back as early as the sixteenth century. This book features classic fashion writings, which have had a profound impact on the understanding and approach to modern day dress, from the psychology of clothes through to collective fashion trends.

This text sets out to fill a gap in the existing literature on the ambivalence of fashion and dress by drawing on a wide range of women's experiences with their wardrobes, and providing empirical data. The contributors provide case studies of the reality of women's relationships with clothing.

Dress provides a window for viewing the culture of a community, because it visually attests to its salient ideas, fundamental concepts and categories. This text examines how the metaphor of appearance is used within religious groups in the USA, to express religiosity, ethnicity and gender norms.

Relationships between dress and the body have existed in European and Anatolian folk cultures well into the 20th century. This text examines dress in a broad range of folk cultures - from Turkey, Greece and Slovakia to Norway, Latvia and Lithuania.

Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers.

Presents a three-part focus on the history, the trading culture, and the contemporary refashioning of second hand clothing. This book is useful for those interested in fashion and dress, material culture, consumption and anthropology, as well as to dealers, collectors and wearers of second hand clothes.

Presents an assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. This work examines the significance of textiles and dress to Latin American culture and the reasons behind it from fashion history to popular culture and the (re)making of traditional garments, such as the poncho, the guayabera and maguey-fiber sandals.

Clothing the body is a complicated act of daily existence. Drawing on ethnographic knowledge to connect theory and practice, this text reveals links between material culture, social and economic forces and personal performance to explain clothing choices through time and across cultures.

Relationships between dress and the body have existed in European and Anatolian folk cultures well into the 20th century. This text examines dress in a broad range of folk cultures - from Turkey, Greece and Slovakia to Norway, Latvia and Lithuania.

For ninety years, young society women in San Antonio, Texas have donned custom-designed dresses and trains to take part in the Coronation of a queen and her court. This book presents a study of social elites in Western society through a material culture analysis of the Coronation costumes worn by the Euro-American debutantes.

Clothing the body is a complicated act of daily existence. Drawing on ethnographic knowledge to connect theory and practice, this text reveals links between material culture, social and economic forces and personal performance to explain clothing choices through time and across cultures.

Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia remains characterized by the gap between traditional centres of fashion and the marginalized periphery. This book explores Asian fashion in a global economic and cultural context.

Much of the exotic dress of the armies of Europe and elsewhere has its origins in the conditions of frontier wars fought by imperial armies. Throughout time, imperial officers and auxiliaries have adopted the dress of hinterland troops, and this text discusses these marginalized peoples.

Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers.

This text sets out to fill a gap in the existing literature on the ambivalence of fashion and dress by drawing on a wide range of women's experiences with their wardrobes, and providing empirical data. The contributors provide case studies of the reality of women's relationships with clothing.

Costume historians trace the birth of fashion back to the thirteenth century and writings on fashion date back as early as the sixteenth century. This book features classic fashion writings, which have had a profound impact on the understanding and approach to modern day dress, from the psychology of clothes through to collective fashion trends.

This text tackles the subject of how appearance affects social interaction, and the role of larger social structures in perpetuating and institutionalizing it as an evaluation criterion. It asks questions such as what role does women's dress play in others' perceptions of consent in cases of rape?

Examines what the donning of uniforms says about cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan. Drawing on examples, this book focuses particularly on student uniforms, which are key socializing objects in Japan's politico-economic order, but also examines 'office ladies', 'salary men', service personnel, and housewives.

Wedding clothes are not only distinctive forms of dress, but are also steeped in years of cultural tradition. This book, drawing on case studies from around the world, considers how wedding attire is both a statement of tradition and a vehicle for challenging social norms.

Throughout its long history, homedressmaking has been a formative experience in the lives of millions of women. This volume is an account of the significance of homedressmaking as a form of American and European material culture, and explores themes including gender, technology and consumption.

Asian fashion has become a global phenomenon of economic, political and social import. But the industry in Asia remains characterized by the gap between traditional centres of fashion and the marginalized periphery. This book explores Asian fashion in a global economic and cultural context.