TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steele,Valerie
TI  - Fetish: fashion, sex, and power 
SN  - 0195090446
AV  - GT511 .S84 1996
U1  - 306.77 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - History
KW  - Fashion
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Fetishism (Sexual behavior)
KW  - Sex symbolism
KW  - Erotica
KW  - Fetishism (Psychiatric)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-234) and index; What is fetishism? -- Fashion and fetishism -- The corset -- Shoes -- Underwear -- Second skin -- Fashion, fetish, fantasy
N2  - 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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