The Fashioned Self
Format:Hardback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:28th Feb '91
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This book examines the nature of the self and self-identity in the modern age, and the way in which they have been moulded through the alteration of bodily appearance, exemplified fashions, facelifts and diets. The idea that an individual's character is revealed through physical appearance is, Finkelstein argues, deeply embedded in Western culture. And since fashions and cosmetics are closely linked to sexual difference, the author concentrates on aspects of gender identity, suggesting that the female and male identity are differentiated through opposed experiences of the body.
ISBN: 9780745606873
Dimensions: 240mm x 164mm x 21mm
Weight: 482g
213 pages