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Fetish : fashion, sex, and power / Valerie Steele.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.Description: viii, 243 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195090446
  • 9780195090444
  • 0195115791
  • 9780195115796
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Fetish.; Online version:: Fetish.DDC classification:
  • 306.77 20
LOC classification:
  • GT511 .S84 1996
Contents:
What is fetishism? -- Fashion and fetishism -- The corset -- Shoes -- Underwear -- Second skin -- Fashion, fetish, fantasy.
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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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 306.77 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 24/09/2024 A249235B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index.

What is fetishism? -- Fashion and fetishism -- The corset -- Shoes -- Underwear -- Second skin -- Fashion, fetish, fantasy.

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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