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9781845204860

The Fashion Reader

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  • ISBN13:

    9781845204860

  • ISBN10:

    1845204867

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-03-15
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

The Fashion Reader is designed for students, scholars, and anyone interested in contemporary fashion. The book brings together the key writings on the subject, covering the history, culture, and business of fashion. The extracts are drawn from a wide range of sources-books, professional and academic journals, magazines, interviews and exhibition catalogues. Each section is specially introduced and concludes with guides to further reading.

Author Biography

Linda Welters is Professor and Chair of the Deptartment of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, University of Rhode Island. Abby Lillethun is Assistant Professor in the Department of Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design, University of Rhode Island.

Table of Contents

A Very Different Proposition: Introducing the Memorial Museum
The Surviving Object: Presence and Absence in Memorial Museums
Photographic Memory: Commemorating Calamitous Events through Images
Rocks and Hard Places: Location and Spatiality in Memorial Museums
A Diplomatic Assignment: The Political Fortunes of Memorial Museums
The Memorial Museum Identity Complex: Victimhood, Culpability, and Responsibility
Looming Disaster: Memorial Museums and the Shaping of Historic Consciousness
Conclusion: Fighting the Forgetful Future
A Very Different Proposition: Introducing the Memorial Museum
The Surviving Object: Presence and Absence in Memorial Museums
Photographic Memory: Commemorating Calamitous Events through Images
Rocks and Hard Places: Location and Spatiality in Memorial Museums
A Diplomatic Assignment: The Political Fortunes of Memorial Museums
The Memorial Museum Identity Complex: Victimhood, Culpability, and Responsibility
Looming Disaster: Memorial Museums and the Shaping of Historic Consciousness
Conclusion: Fighting the Forgetful Future
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