Dress Codes Meanings and Messages in American Culture

Ruth P Rubinstein

Hardback (29 Jan 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

An analysis of the meaning and relevance of clothing in American culture. The book presents 19th-century theories of clothing and an up-to-date analysis of the images of power and authority, gender, seduction, wealth and beauty, youth and health, and leisure and political hierarchy.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780813322827
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	29 Jan 1995
DEWEY:	391.00973
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	314
Weight:	657g
Height:	230mm
Width:	165mm
Spine width:	25mm