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- Title
On fashion and fashion discourses.
- Authors
González, Ana Marta
- Abstract
While critical views inherited from the past still influence our appraisal of fashion, its pervasiveness in contemporary society calls for an explanation. In this article I attempt to show how the importance of fashion in our society is the result of a combination of a structurally modern space and Romantic cultural ideals. I conclude that, despite its frivolous appearance, fashion is not only a powerful social indicator, but also a particular means of bringing together the diverse and often contradictory demands of our human nature through a peculiar exercise of practical judgment.
- Subjects
FASHION; MODERN society; SOCIAL indicators; PRACTICAL judgment; CIVILIZING process; SELF-expression; CULTURAL identity; MODERN philosophy; PHILOSOPHERS
- Publication
Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, 2010, Vol 1, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
2040-4417
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/csfb.1.1.65_1