Body Style
Body Style by Theresa M. Winge, published by A&C Black on April 15, 2012, is an illustrated exploration of the subcultural body and its style within global culture. This 148-page book presents a detailed analysis of how individuals construct their sense of self and subcultural identity through body art and fashion, drawing on eleven years of research that includes interviews with members of various urban subcultures.
Readers will find a comprehensive examination of the intersections of identity, resistance, and agency within subcultures such as Urban Tribalists, Modern Primitives, and Punks. The book is divided into three main sections that cover subcultural body history, identity, and styles, making it a valuable resource for students of dress and fashion, as well as those interested in sociology and cultural studies.
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Illustrated with specific subcultural examples and interviews with subculture members, Body Style explores the subcultural body and its style within global culture. Analyzed, theorized, politicized, and sensationalized, the subcultural body functions as a framework where individuals build a sense of self and subcultural identity.
Drawing on eleven years of research examining the intersections within specific urban subcultures including Urban Tribalists, Modern Primitives, Punks, Cybers, Industrials, Skates, among others, the book reveals the subculture body as a site for understanding subcultural identity, resistance, agency and fashion. Divided into three main sections on subcultural body history, subcultural body identity and subcultural body styles, this book will be of particular interest to students of dress and fashion as well as those studying subculture from sociology and cultural studies perspectives.
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