| Luxury: Fashion, Lifestyle and Excess Contributor(s): Calefato, Patrizia (Author), Adams, Lisa (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0857853309 ISBN-13: 9780857853301 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $133.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Design | Fashion & Accessories - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.3 |
| LCCN: 2013045223 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (0.80 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Luxury has been both celebrated and condemned throughout history right up to the present day. This groundbreaking text examines luxury and its relationship with desire, status, consumption and economic value, exploring why luxury remains prominent even in the context of a global recession. Using approaches from cultural studies, semiotic research and aesthetics, Luxury presents a wide range of case studies including urban space and new technologies, travel, interior design, cars, fashion ads and jewellery to explore what luxury represents, and why, in the contemporary world. The book will be essential reading for students and scholars across a range of fashion studies, cultural studies and sociology, and anyone interested in the power and allure of luxury today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Calefato, Patrizia: - Patrizia Calefato is Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Pratiche Linguistiche e Analisi di Testi, Universitą degli Studi di Bari. She is Deputy President of the Italian Association of Semiotic Studies and serves on the Executive Committee of the Societą Italiana delle Letterate (Italian Society of Women in Literature). |