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- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2005-04-01
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9781859738887
- Book Title
- Latin American Fashion Reader
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Design, Self-Help
- Topic
- Fashion & Accessories, Fashion & Style
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 24.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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Latin American fashion's recent gain in popularity can be seen most obviously in mass-market ranges throughout the industrialized West. From the tango-inspired dress of Argentina and guerrilla chic in downtown Buenos Aires to swimwear on Copacabana Beach and the rainbow that adorns Mayan women, Latin America has long been a source of inspiration for designers throughout the world. Until now, however, the pivotal role played by dress in this region has surprisingly been overlooked. This book is a long overdue assessment of Latin America's influence on global fashion. The authors examine 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. This book also considers fashion icons such as Frida Kahlo and Eva Peron, women who have been worshipped and transformed into marketable symbols of exoticism and passion, as well as the key role that dress played in their rise to celebrity on the international stage. Providing a first and definitive overview of Latin American fashion, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in Latin American cultural studies or fashion history. Winner of the 2006 Arthur P. Whitaker Prize, awarded by the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
1859738885
ISBN-13
9781859738887
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30529845
Product Key Features
Book Title
Latin American Fashion Reader
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Fashion & Accessories, Fashion & Style
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Design, Self-Help
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gt623
Reviews
"There is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history."--Foreign Affairs, There is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history., "There is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history." -- Foreign Affairs, Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Award 2006, Costume Society of America'Nizia Villaa's essay on Rio's beachwear is a sheer delight. Also outstanding are the essays by Regina Root on exuberant nineteenth-century Argentine hairstyles, Kimberly Randall on Mexican China Poblana embroidered blouses and skirts, and Marilyn Miller on "Guayaberismo and the essence of cool...there is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.'Richard Feinberg for Foreign Affairs Magazine, November-December 2005Feature article in Elle Argentina, June 2005'A necessary volume in the book collection of any serious student of Hispanic culture, and and 'must order' by any institution of higher education.'Diana Risk, Virginia Wesleyan College, in The Journal of American Culture'This book offers a remarkable insight into the power of fabric and adornment.'Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Award 2006, Costume Society of America'Nizia Villaa's essay on Rio's beachwear is a sheer delight. Also outstanding are the essays by Regina Root on exuberant nineteenth-century Argentine hairstyles, Kimberly Randall on Mexican China Poblana embroidered blouses and skirts, and Marilyn Miller on "Guayaberismo and the essence of cool...there is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.'Richard Feinberg for Foreign Affairs Magazine, November-December 2005Feature article in Elle Argentina, June 2005'A necessary volume in the book collection of any serious student of Hispanic culture, and and 'must order' by any institution of higher education.'Diana Risk, Virginia Wesleyan College, in The Journal of American Culture'This book offers a remarkable insight into the power of fabric and adornment.'Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies'There is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.'Foreign Affairs (Vol. 84, No 6), "There is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history."-- Foreign Affairs, 'Nizia Villaa's essay on Rio's beachwear is a sheer delight. Also outstanding are the essays by Regina Root on exuberant nineteenth-century Argentine hairstyles, Kimberly Randall on Mexican China Poblana embroidered blouses and skirts, and Marilyn Miller on "Guayaberismo and the essence of cool...there is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.'Richard Feinberg for Foreign Affairs Magazine, November-December 2005Feature article in Elle Argentina, June 2005, Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Award 2006, Costume Society of America 'Nizia Villaa's essay on Rio's beachwear is a sheer delight. Also outstanding are the essays by Regina Root on exuberant nineteenth-century Argentine hairstyles, Kimberly Randall on Mexican China Poblana embroidered blouses and skirts, and Marilyn Miller on "Guayaberismo and the essence of cool...there is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.' Richard Feinberg for Foreign Affairs Magazine, November-December 2005 Feature article in Elle Argentina, June 2005 'A necessary volume in the book collection of any serious student of Hispanic culture, and and 'must order' by any institution of higher education.' Diana Risk, Virginia Wesleyan College, in The Journal of American Culture 'This book offers a remarkable insight into the power of fabric and adornment.' Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies 'There is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.' Foreign Affairs (Vol. 84, No 6), Shortlisted for the Millia Davenport Award 2006, Costume Society of America 'Nizia Villaa's essay on Rio's beachwear is a sheer delight. Also outstanding are the essays by Regina Root on exuberant nineteenth-century Argentine hairstyles, Kimberly Randall on Mexican China Poblana embroidered blouses and skirts, and Marilyn Miller on "Guayaberismo and the essence of cool...there is much insight and pleasure to be gained from this novel prism through which to visualize Latin American history.' Richard Feinberg for Foreign Affairs Magazine, November-December 2005 Feature article in Elle Argentina, June 2005 'A necessary volume in the book collection of any serious student of Hispanic culture, and and 'must order' by any institution of higher education.' Diana Risk, Virginia Wesleyan College, in The Journal of American Culture 'This book offers a remarkable insight into the power of fabric and adornment.' Graduate Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
Table of Content
Part 1: Unravelling History * Visualizing Difference--Mariselle Meléndez* Fashioning Independence--Regina A. Root * The Traveler's Eye--Kimberly Randall * Far Eastern Influences in Latin American Fashions--Araceli Tinajero * Part 2: Altered Traditions * Ixcacles: Maguey Fiber Sandals from Mexico--Pam Scheinman * "Why do Gringos Like Black?"--Blenda Femenías * Dressed to Kill--Elayne Zorn * Representations of Tradition in Latin American Boundary Textile Art--E. Demaray, M. Keim-Shenk, and M. A. Littrell * Part 3: Fashion and the Cultural Imaginary * Ponchos of the River Plate--Ruth Corcuera * Mappin Stores--Rita Andrade * As She Walks to the Sea--Nizia Villaça * "Every girl had a fan which she kept always in motion": Puerto Rican Women's Dress at a Time of Social and Cultural Transition--Dilia López Gydosh and Marsha Dickson * Part 4: Mediation and Consumption * Guayaberismo and the Essence of Cool--Marilyn Miller * Transvestite Pedagogy--James Pancrazio * Frida and Evita--Maria Claudia Andre * Fashioning U.S. Salvadoranness--Claudia Milian Arias * Part 5: In Search of Fashion * Scattered Bodies, Unfashionable Flesh--Fabricio Forastelli
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-029771
Dewey Decimal
391/.0098
Series
Dress, Body, Culture Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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