{"product_id":"fashion-criticism-an-anthology-9781350058804","title":"Fashion Criticism: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first anthology of fashion criticism, a growing field that has been too long overlooked. \u003ci\u003eFashion Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e aims to redress the balance, claiming a place for writing on fashion alongside other more well-established areas of criticism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExploring the history of fashion criticism in the English language, this essential work takes readers from the writing published in avant-garde modernist magazines at the beginning of the twentieth century to the fashion criticism of Robin Givhan-the first fashion critic to win a Pulitzer Prize-and of Judith Thurman, a National Book Award winner. It covers the shift in newspapers from the so-called \"women's pages\" to the contemporary style sections, while unearthing the work of cultural critics and writers on fashion including Susan Sontag and Eve Babitz (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e), Bebe Moore Campbell (\u003ci\u003eEbony\u003c\/i\u003e), Angela Carter (\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e) and Hilton Als (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker)\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining the gender dynamics of the field and its historical association with the feminine, \u003ci\u003eFashion Criticism \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how fashion has gained ground as a subject of critical analysis, capitalizing on the centrality of dress and clothing in an increasingly visual and digital world. The book argues that fashion criticism occupied a central role in negotiating shifting gender roles as well as shifting understandings of race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing together two centuries of previously uncollected articles and writings, from Oscar Wilde's editorials in \u003ci\u003eThe Woman's World\u003c\/i\u003e to the ground-breaking fashion journalism of the 1980s and today's proliferation of fashion bloggers, it will be an essential resource for students of fashion studies, media and journalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Granata\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Fashion Studies at Parsons School of Design. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eExperimental Fashion: Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body, \u003c\/i\u003eand editor of the non-profit journal \u003ci\u003eFashion Projects.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Visual Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103664337170,"sku":"9781350058804","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59eb413d-7922-4690-a51e-7d708047ee1c.jpg?v=1773152444","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fashion-criticism-an-anthology-9781350058804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}