Judd Stitziel

Fashioning Socialism

Clothing, Politics and Consumer Culture in East Germany

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Fashioning Socialism', a history of communist fashion in East Germany, uses clothing as a lens to read society. The author unveils wider tensions between the regime and the population and within the regime itself.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9781845202828
• ISBN-10: 1845202821
• Artikelnr.: 21535568

Autorenporträt

Judd Stitziel received his Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University and has taught at Cornell and Wesleyan Universities. He is currently an independent scholar based in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Ideologies and Politics of Consumption
The Logic and Contingencies of Planning, Producing, and Distributing
From "New Out of Old" to "Socialist Fashion":Patching Together an Alternative Consumer Culture
Economies of Value and Politics of Price
The Embarrassment of Surpluses
The Disillusionment of Dreams of Distinction:Hochmodisch Apparel, Fashion Boutiques, and Exquisit Stores
Shopping, Sewing, Networking, Complaining:Consumer Practices and the Relationship between State and Society
Epilogue
Bibliography