Fashion - Philosophy for Everyone

Thinking with Style
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9990-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

If you just can't decide what to wear, this enlightening guide will lead you through the diverse and sometimes contradictory aspects of fashion in a series of lively, entertaining and thoughtful essays from prominent philosophers and writers. - A unique and enlightening insight into the underlying philosophy behind the power of fashion

- Contributions address issues in fashion from a variety of viewpoints, including aesthetics, the nature of fashion and fashionability, ethics, gender and identity politics, and design

- Includes a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner, feminist author, activist and cultural critic, editor of Ms magazine (1993-7) and regular contributor to major women's magazines including Glamour and Marie-Claire

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allhoff, Fritz

Wolfendale, Jessica

Kennett, Jeanette

Weitere Mitwirkende

Baumgardner, Jennifer

Allhoff, Fritz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Design Design: Allgemeines & Theorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Modedesign, Stoffe, Schmuckdesign
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Sachbuch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword ix
Jennifer Baumgardner

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1
Jessica Wolfendale and Jeanette Kennett

Part 1 Being Fashionable and Being Cool 13

1 What Makes Something Fashionable? 15
Anya Farennikova and Jesse Prinz

2 Fashion, Illusion, and Alienation 31
Nick Zangwill

3 Tryhards, Fashion Victims, and Effortless Cool 37
Luke Russell

Part 2 Fashion, Style, and Design 51

4 The Aesthetics of Design 53
Andy Hamilton

5 Share the Fantasy: Perfume Advertising, Fashion, and Desire 70
Cynthia A. Freeland

6 Computational Couture: From Cyborgs to Supermodels 88
Ada Brunstein

Part 3 Fashion, Identity, and Freedom 103  7 Wearing Your Values on Your Sleeve 105  Daniel Yim  8 Fashion and Sexual Identity, or Why Recognition Matters 120  Samantha Brennan  9 Slaves to Fashion? 135
Lauren Ashwell and Rae Langton

10 Fashion Dolls and Feminism: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Barbie? 151
Louise Collins

Part 4 Can We Be Ethical and Fashionable? 167

11 Sweatshops and Cynicism 169
Matthew F. Pierlott

12 Women Shopping and Women Sweatshopping: Individual Responsibility for Consumerism 18
Lisa Cassidy

13 A Taste for Fashion 199
Marguerite La Caze

Notes on Contributors 215

Über Autor(innen)

Editors
Jessica Wolfendale is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at West Virginia University, and perhaps a little too fond of vintage clothing. She is the author of Torture and the Military Profession (2007) and has published extensively on the ethics of torture, military ethics, and applied ethics.

Jeanette Kennett is Professor of Moral Psychology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Agency and Responsibility (2001) and has published widely on topics including empathy, addiction, self-control, advertising, and love and friendship.

Series Editor
Fritz Allhoff is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at The Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is also the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007). His academic research interests engage various facets of applied ethics, ethical theory, and the history and philosophy of science.