Fashioning the Frame: Boundaries, Dress and the Body: v. 5 (Dress, Body, Culture)

by Martin Evans (Author), Dani Cavallaro (Author), Alexandra Warwick (Author), Martin Evans (Author), Dani Cavallaro (Author), Alexandra Warwick (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1998

  $41.01

  This text presents a theory of what dress means in relation to the body. Identity relies on boundaries to individuate the self. Dress challenges boundaries: it frames the body and serves both to distinguish and connect self and Other . It argues that clothing is both a boundary and not a boundary.