Fashion as communication /

Barnard, Malcolm, 1958-

Fashion as communication / Malcolm Barnard. - 2nd ed. - London : Routledge, 2002. - xiii, 209 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches from Barthes and Baudrillard to Marxism, psychoanalytic and feminist theory, the author addresses the ambivalent cultural status of fashion in contemporary western society.

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Fashion--Social aspects.
Self-presentation.