Fashion on Television (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780857854414)

Fashion on Television provides a comprehensive critical examination of the intersection between fashion, television and celebrity culture. The book brings together theoretical approaches to the symbolic force of television and fashion-forward programming on a global scale.

Examining case studies such as Sex and the City, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Mad Men, the book examines how TV has made style icons out of leading actresses and fashion-conscious consumers out of audiences. Using a varied methodology, including textual and contextual analysis, this study explores the cultural uses of onscreen fashion at the level of industry, text and intertext.

Fashion on Television is essential reading for those seeking to understand the cultural function of costume in a television context. Written accessibly with a multi-disciplinary approach, it will appeal to students and scholars from film and media, fashion and cultural studies, to sociology and women's studies.

Author: Helen Warner
ISBN-10: 0857854410
ISBN-13: 9780857854414
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 06/05/2014
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.50d