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This popular volume on the culture of hair through human history and around the globe has been updated and revised to include even more entries and current information.<BR><BR>How we style our hair has the ability to shape the way others perceive us. For example, in 2017, the singer Macklemore denounced his hipster undercut hairstyle, a style that is associated with Hitler Youth and alt-right men, and in 2015, actress Rose McGowan shaved her head in order to take a stance against the traditional Hollywood sex symbol stereotype.<BR><BR>This volume examines how hair - or lack thereof - can be an important symbol of gender, class, and culture around the world and through history. Hairstyles have come to represent cultural heritage and memory, and even political leanings, social beliefs, and identity. This second edition builds upon the original volume, updating all entries that have evolved over the last decade, such as by discussing hipster culture in the entries on beards and mustaches and recent medical breakthroughs in hair loss. New entries have been added that look at specific world regions, hair coverings, political symbolism behind certain styles, and other topics.

The first photo book by the German photographer Stephie Braun (*1995) is titled "OPAQUE" and brings together works created between 2009 and 2019 from the artist's archive. From analogue picture material to computer- and smartphone-generated photography, the publication merges various forms of picture and sounds out the boundaries of contemporary photography. The photos are accompanied by a short story and notes that appear between the pictures. This meditation is inspired by the young photographer's phase of personal discovery, which is reflected in the book.

Gastrokritiker Jürgen Dollase über die Kulturgeschichte des Essens, die Entwicklung der einstigen Todsünde Völlerei und unseren veränderten EssgewohnheitenSehr viele von uns neigen dazu, beim Thema Essen über das Ziel der Ernährung weit hinauszuschießen. Doch ist das schon Völlerei oder noch Genuss? Einer der bekanntesten Restaurantkritiker Deutschlands, Jürgen Dollase, erforscht hier kenntnisreich die Höhen und Tiefen unserer Lust am Essen. Nach einer geschichtlich-theologischen Einordnung der 'Todsünde' Völlerei - hier erfahren wir¿zum Beispiel,¿dass die Fastenzeit als Wiege der kreativen Küche gilt - beleuchtet er neben körperlich-medizinischen auch die so wichtigen psychologischen Aspekte des Essens. Warum sein Abnehm-Selbstversuch doch nicht langfristig erfolgreich war, erfährt der Leser ebenso wie Erhellendes zur verhängnisvollen Rolle der Discounter. Das Buch ist kein Appell zur Mäßigung - dafür liebt Dollase die Verlockungen der Kochkunst zu sehr. Doch plädiert er für eine Art von kontrolliertem Genuss, mit der wir alle gut leben können.Essen und Politik: Völlerei als legale SuchtEssgewohnheiten im Wandel der ZeitenElf Tipps, um besser genießen zu könnenWas früher eine Sünde war, ist heute die Norm. Fast Food, riesige Portionen im Restaurant und Fehlernährung sind mittlerweile fester Bestandteil der deutschen Esskultur. Viele Menschen leiden an Adipositas und Übergewicht. Dennoch gilt Komaessen nicht als Sucht. Jürgen Dollase plädiert für eine "kontrollierte Völlerei", die sich nicht auf Verzicht, sondern auf Mäßigung und gelernten Genuss statt aufs Schlingen bezieht.Aus dem Inhalt:Von der Todsünde zum Volkssport Ein Blick in die Psychologie und die MedizinVöllerei und Individuum: die Mechanismen des VielessensEssen in Gesellschaft und PolitikKeine Völlerei - Genuss mit nur ein wenig Reue¿"Ich beschreibe in meinem Buch das "Komaessen", wie ich die Völlerei heute nenne, also das überall verbreitete Essen weit über die Sättigung hinaus, als letzte legale Sucht." Jürgen Dollase im Interview mit dem Spiegel ¿

'Elegant and multi-focal. Glorious!' Simon Garfield<BR><BR>The humble pair of glasses might just be one the world's greatest inventions, allowing millions to see a world that might otherwise appear a blur. And yet how much do many of us even really think about these things perched on the ends of our noses? <BR><BR>In this eye-opening history Travis Elborough traces the fascinating true story of spectacles: from their inception as primitive visual aids to monkish scribes right through to today's designer eyewear and the augmented reality of Google Glass. And taking in along the way such delights as lorgnettes, monocles, pince-nez, tortoise-shell 'Windsors' and Ray Ban aviator shades. <BR><BR>Peering into early theories about how the eye worked, he considers the theological and philosophical arguments about the limits of perception by Greek thinkers, Roman statesmen and Arab scholars. There are encounters with ingenious medieval Italian glassmakers, myopic Renaissance rulers and spectacle-makers and opticians, brilliant, mad, bad and dangerous to know, in the Londons of Samuel Pepys, Dr Johnson and Sherlock Holmes.<BR><BR>We learn how eyeglasses were the making of the silent movie star Harold Lloyd and the rock n roller Buddy Holly and helped liberate an exasperated John Lennon from Beatlemania. Get hip to horn-rims with Dizzy Gillespie and Michael Caine And see girls in glasses through the lenses of the crime fiction by Dorothy L Sayers and Raymond Chandler and the full-screen figure of Marilyn Monroe. <BR><BR>Through the Looking Glasses is about vision and the need for humanity to see clearly, and where the impulse to improve our eyesight has led us. The society of the spectacle may finally be upon us . . . but how much of it do we really see?

Veiling in Fashion enters the worlds of women who wear the hijab, both as an aspect of their religious observance and community belonging, and as a fashion statement, drawing upon global Islamic fashion history. The book uses rich ethnographic investigation of everyday veiling practices among Muslim women in the city of Helsinki as a lens through which to reflect on and advance understanding of matters concerning Muslim dress in international Muslim minority contexts.<BR><BR>The book provides an innovative approach to studying veiling by connecting varied realms of practice, demonstrating how domains as apparently separate as fashion, materiality, city spaces, private life, religious beliefs, and cosmopolitan social conditions are all tightly bound up together in ways that only a sensitive multi-disciplinary approach can reveal. It will appeal to scholars and students in fashion, gender, religion, material cultures, and the construction of space.

In Sansibar werden gerade in der weiblichen Sphäre - in islamischen Gesellschaften die "innerste" Sphäre - durch von außen kommende Güter die existentiellen gesellschaftlichen Werte von Schönheit und Respekt erzeugt. Dies wird besonders in Zeremonien wie z.B. Hochzeiten deutlich. Die Autorin legt dar, wie in Sansibar äußere Welten zum Bestandteil der eigenen Person und Gesellschaft werden. Sie erläutert die ästhetischen Praktiken, aus denen sich Personen, Identitäten und gesellschaftliche Beziehungen bilden. Die Studie ermöglicht so ein differenziertes Verständnis von Prozessen der Verflechtung und Grenzüberschreitung und betont die zentrale Rolle der weiblichen Sphäre in der muslimischen Gesellschaft Sansibars.

Una delle attività economiche più proficue è quella del settore tessile, in cui sono coinvolte le industrie che devono soddisfare le sempre più crescenti esigenze dei consumatori. Al contempo, essa è anche una delle più inquinanti: per i nostri abiti, la produzione (prima) e la manutenzione (dopo) costa enormi quantità di acqua, energia e risorse non rinnovabili, ciò rende i prodotti tessili ¿insostenibili¿. Occorre fornire una nuova impostazione produttiva ed ecologicamente orientata, in grado di abbracciare il concetto di sviluppo sostenibile, che include gli aspetti ecologici, sociali ed economici. Proprio per approfondire ed indagare su queste tematiche, nasce l'elaborato ¿Verso una moda sostenibile¿: nel primo capitolo sarà affrontata la questione che riguarda l'impatto ambientale provocato dall'industria tessile; nel secondo verranno discussi i temi della sostenibilità connessi al settore tessile; nel terzo si analizzeranno le aree di intervento per favorire la sostenibilità nel processi produttivi del sistema moda ed, infine, nell'ultimo capitolo verrà esaminato il legame ¿sostenibile¿ tra produttori, fornitori e consumatori. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

'Shanzhai' from Cantonese slang, refers to the production of fake goods in China, which enjoy an anti-authoritarian-like dissemination across the global market. Starting with mobile phones, now fashion brands are subverted in this way, with many women at the helm of design and production. Fashioning China looks at the women designers simultaneously subverting and reinforcing the nationalist-developmentalist, masculinist and technocratic dream of brands that are 'Made in China'.Broadening the digital labour debate beyond typical masculine and techno-utopic readings, Sara Liao studies the precarious practices of women trying to create sustainable and creative lives, vividly illustrating a fashion culture that exists online as a significant part of the digital economy.Drawing on material from interviews, participant observation, archives, policy documents, films and advertisements, Liao takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, charting out the politics of intellectual property rights, globalisation, technocracy, patriarchy and nationalism in a non-Western context.

This book offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on the relationship between crime, harm and consumer culture.

It's all in the details. A 'Blinkies' Notebook, a series of hardcover Notebooks with Funky Art covers. The blank (un-ruled) pages are perfect for note-taking without being restrained by lines. A Contents page at the back and numbered pages in a feint font help with keeping notes organised. The hardback book with smooth premium 70lbs (105gsm) white paper is also perfect for graphite and colour pencil sketches. The smooth paper is a great substitute for good sketches without using the expensive hot press paper. Each design is available in;* Small 6 x 9 inch (152 x 229 mm) 82 pages* Large 8.5 x 11 inch (216 x 280 mm) 48 pages

Beyond Princess Culture: Gender and Children's Marketing explores the impact of a post-princess space, examining potential agency and empowerment in the products' users while acknowledging that at least some alternatives continue to perpetuate components of the rigidly gender-coded princess culture. This book collectively critiques the commodification of the post-princess child consumer through analysis of historical and contemporary toys, video games, clothing, websites, and other popular culture phenomena. Guided by theories from feminist and gender studies, Beyond Princess Culture demonstrates how the marketing of children's products has and continues to perpetuate and challenge hegemonic notions of gender, race, ethnicity, ability, and other positions of intersectionality, as situated in the social, economic, and historical contexts.

How transnational modernity is taking shape in and in relation to Asia Fashion and Beauty in the Time of Asia considers the role of bodily aesthetics in the shaping of Asian modernities and the formation of the so-called "Asian Century." S. Heijin Lee, Christina H. Moon, and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu train our eyes on sites as far-flung, varied, and intimate as Guangzhou and Los Angeles, Saigon and Seoul, New York and Toronto. They map the transregional connections, ever-evolving aspirations and sensibilities, and new worlds and life paths forged through engagements with fashion and beauty. Contributors consider American influence on plastic surgery in Korea, Vietnamese debates about "the fashionable," and the costs and commitments demanded of those who make and wear fast fashion, from Chinese garment workers to Nepalese nail technicians in New York who are mandated to dress "fashionably." In doing so, this interdisciplinary anthology moves beyond common characterizations of Asians and the Asian diaspora as simply abject laborers or frenzied consumers, analyzing who the modern Asian subject is now: what they wear and how they work, move, eat, and shop.

Eighteenth-century fashion was cosmopolitan and varied. Whilst the wildly extravagant and colorful elite fashions parodied in contemporary satire had significant influence on wider dress habits, more austere garments produced in darker fabrics also reflected the ascendancy of a puritan middle class as well as a more practical approach to dress. With the rise of print culture and reading publics, fashions were more quickly disseminated and debated than ever, and the appetite for fashion periodicals went hand in hand with a preoccupation with the emerging concept of taste. <BR><BR>Richly illustrated with 100 images and drawing on pictorial, textual and object sources, A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment presents essays on textiles, production and distribution, the body, belief, gender and sexuality, status, ethnicity, and visual and literary representations to illustrate the diversity and cultural significance of dress and fashion in the period.