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Valerie Steele Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Fetish : Fashion, Sex and Power
- Publication Name
- Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power
- Title
- Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0195115791
- EAN
- 9780195115796
- ISBN
- 9780195115796
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Design, Psychology, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Fashion & Accessories, Gender Studies, World
- Release Date
- 16/10/1997
- Release Year
- 1997
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 7in
- Item Width
- 10.1in
- Item Weight
- 17.1 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Features
- Reprint
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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Kinky boots, corsets, underwear as outerwear, second-skin garments of rubber and leather, uniforms, body piercing. Today everything from a fetishist's dream appears on the fashion runways. Although some people regard fetish fashion as exploitative and misogynistic, others interpret it as a positive Amazonian statement--couture Catwoman. But the connection between fashion and fetishism goes far beyond a few couture collections. For the past thirty years, the iconography of sexual fetishism has been increasingly assimilated into popular culture. Before Michelle Pfeiffer's Catwoman, there was Mrs. Peel, heroine of the 1960s television show "The Avengers," who wore a black leather catsuit modeled on a real fetish costume. Street styles like punk and the gay "leatherman" look also testify to the influence of fetishism.as interviews with individuals involved in sexual fetishism, sadomasochism, and cross-dressing, to illuminate the complex relationship between appearance and identity. Based on years of research, Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power explains how a paradigm shift in attitudes toward sex and gender has given rise to the phenomenon of fetish fashion.Providing provocative answers to such questions as: Why is black regarded as the sexiest color? Is fetishizing the norm for males? Does fetish fashion reflect a fear of AIDS? And why do so many people love shoes? Steel shows how human sexuality is never just a matter of doing what comes naturally; fantasy always plays an important role.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195115791
ISBN-13
9780195115796
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61528
Product Key Features
Book Title
Fetish : Fashion, Sex and Power
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Human Sexuality (See Also Social Science / Human Sexuality), Fashion & Accessories, Gender Studies, World
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Design, Psychology, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
10.1in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gt511.S84 1997
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
"In elegant prose Valerie Steele explores the ambiguous region of fetishdressing, where perverse sex meets high fashion. Her analysis of the genderedmeanings of fetish garments is both witty and profound, as she explores thesexual fantasies played out in dress, and the ambivalence with which we regardthem today as the boundary between the 'normal' and the 'perverse' seems, shesuggests, to be disappearing."--Elizabeth Wilson, Professor of Social Sciences,Polytechnic of North London and author of Adorned in Dreams: Fashion andModernity, "Steele's greatest strengths here are her flexible perspective and herdeft negotiation of various theoretical perspectives....A thought-provokingoverview of the relationship between sex and clothing."--PublishersWeekly, "Valerie Steele is to kinky dressing what Anne Rice is to vampires: aninterpreter of desires beyond our ken. She deals in riveting stuff: the way theculture talks dirty--most of the time without even noticing--throughclothes."--Christa Worthington, Elle, "Valerie Steele is to kinky dressing what Anne Rice is to vampires: an interpreter of desires beyond our ken. She deals in riveting stuff: the way the culture talks dirty--most of the time without even noticing--through clothes."--Christa Worthington, Elle, "Steele has, once again, written a--no pun intended--masterful study."--Richard Martin, Curator, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Fashion historian Valerie Steele charts an enlightened, occasionally startling, course through the significant subjects of fetishism, sexuality, and apparel....Her approach is never judgmental or aloof: she realizes that clothing is an intimate identity and self-expression.... Steele has,once again, written a--no pun intended--masterful study, affiliating fashion with the supreme power of the body."--Richard Martin, Curator, The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "In elegant prose Valerie Steele explores the ambiguous region of fetish dressing, where perverse sex meets high fashion. Her analysis of the gendered meanings of fetish garments is both witty and profound, as she explores the sexual fantasies played out in dress, and the ambivalence withwhich we regard them today as the boundary between the 'normal' and the 'perverse' seems, she suggests, to be disappearing."--Elizabeth Wilson, Professor of Social Sciences, Polytechnic of North London and author of Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity, "Fashion historian Valerie Steele charts an enlightened, occasionallystartling, course through the significant subjects of fetishism, sexuality, andapparel....Her approach is never judgmental or aloof: she realizes that clothingis an intimate identity and self-expression.... Steele has, once again, writtena--no pun intended--masterful study, affiliating fashion with the supreme powerof the body."--Richard Martin, Curator, The Costume Institute, The MetropolitanMuseum of Art, "Steele's greatest strengths here are her flexible perspective and her deft negotiation of various theoretical perspectives....A thought-provoking overview of the relationship between sex and clothing."--Publishers Weekly
Copyright Date
1997
Dewey Decimal
306.77
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
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