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Acts of Undressing : Politics, Eroticism, and Discarded Clothing.
"The act of undressing has a multitude of meanings, which vary dramatically when this commonly private gesture is presented for public consumption. This ground-breaking book explores the significance of undressing in various cultural and social contexts. As we are increasingly obsessed with dre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2016.
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| Colección: | Dress, body, culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Private Acts, Public Display; Undressing at home: Participants and observers; Cut Piece: Public participation in undressing; The choreography of concealment; 2 Narrative Tease: Neo-burlesque and Storytelling through Striptease; Neo-burlesque and dramatic undressing; Gender narratives; Autobiographical burlesque: Undressing in the pursuit of self; Exposing disability; 3 "Where the Garment Gapes": The Eroticism of Intermittence; Versace: Exposure in motion; Hussein Chalayan and unstable coverage; Fasteners and unfastening.
- 4 Deviance and Disruption: Streaking, Mooning, and FlashingIndecent exposure; Exposure and sport; Legitimizing and commodifying public disrobement; 5 Make Love, Not War: Conflict, Resistance, and the Revolutionary Body; Gestures of defiance; Anasyrma: Proof, shock, and awe; Memorializing the undressed; 6 Abandoned Clothes: Separating Dress from Body; Abandoned clothes as territorial markers; Tossed shoes and gang territory; Abandoned selves; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.