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Fashion, Women and Power : the Politics of Dress.
As never before, women are rightfully in positions of political power, and into the maelstrom of mass media challenges to their fashions and their right to govern. An examination of the fraught narratives surrounding the clothing of women in leadership in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Intellect Books Ltd,
2021.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As never before, women are rightfully in positions of political power, and into the maelstrom of mass media challenges to their fashions and their right to govern. An examination of the fraught narratives surrounding the clothing of women in leadership in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and Indonesia. 7 b/w, 24 colour illus. |
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| Notas: | American First Ladies' gender performance and identity. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | References -- PART I: GENDER, POLITICS AND IDENTITY: LESSONS FROM PAST AND PRESENT -- 1. Rational Dress 'As an Expression of the fin-de-siècle Aspiration Towards Equality of the Sexes' -- Introduction -- Rational Dress -- The Woman Question is answered by the New Woman -- The development of Rational Dress -- Costume and body shape -- The tailor-made -- Practicality and health -- Cycling -- Knickerbockers -- Androgyny in dress -- Fashion and gender -- The rise of wool -- The role of accessories -- First-wave feminism and suffragettes -- Rational Dress in the twenty-first century -- Conclusion. References-2. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: Fashion and Performing Gender-Introduction-Fashion and political style-New Zealand women in politics-New Zealand Prime Ministers Dame Jenny Shipley vs. Helen Clark-Jacinda Ardern 's key fashion moments-Jacinda Ardern: Mother in office-Ardern 's cover on British Vogue-The Christchurch Massacre and the hijab/headscarf-Conclusion-References-3. An Empress's Wardrobe Unlock'd: Empress Masako and Japan's Imperial Fashions-Introduction-Methodology: Unlocking an empress 's wardrobe. |
| ISBN: | 9781789384628 1789384621 |