Fetish : fashion, sex, and power / Valerie Steele.
The concept of fetishism has recently assumed a growing importance in critical thinking about the cultural construction of sexuality. Yet until now no scholar with an in-depth knowledge of fashion history has studied the actual clothing fetishes themselves. Nor has there been a serious exploration o...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Summary: | The concept of fetishism has recently assumed a growing importance in critical thinking about the cultural construction of sexuality. Yet until now no scholar with an in-depth knowledge of fashion history has studied the actual clothing fetishes themselves. Nor has there been a serious exploration of the historical relationship between fashion and fetishism, although erotic styles have changed significantly and "sexual chic" has become increasingly conspicuous. Marshalling a dazzling array of evidence from pornography, psychology, and history, as well as interviews with individuals involved in sexual fetishism, sadomasochism, and cross-dressing, Steele illuminates the complex relationship between appearance and identity. Based on years of research, her book Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power explains how a paradigm shift in attitudes toward sex and gender has given rise to the phenomenon of fetish fashion. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 243 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195090446 9780195090444 0195115791 9780195115796 |