{"product_id":"undressing-cinema-stella-bruzzi-9780415139564","title":"Undressing Cinema: Clothing and identity in the movies","description":"From Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy, to sharp-suited gangsters in Tarantino movies, clothing is central to film. In \u003cem\u003eUndressing Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e, Stella Bruzzi explores how far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities, and she proposes new and dynamic links between cinema, fashion and costume history, gender, queer theory and psychoanalysis.\u003cbr\u003eBruzzi uses case studies drawn from contemporary popular cinema to reassess established ideas about costume and fashion in cinema, and to challenge conventional interpretations of how masculinity and femininity are constructed through clothing. Her wide-ranging study encompasses: \u003cbr\u003e * haute couture in film and the rise of the movie fashion designer, from Givenchy to Gaultier\u003cbr\u003e * the eroticism of period costume in films such as \u003cem\u003eThe Piano\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * clothing the modern \u003cem\u003efemme fatale\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eSingle White Female\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDisclosure\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Last Seduction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * generic male chic in \u003cem\u003eGoodfellas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eReservoir Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLeon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * pride, costume and masculinity in  Blaxploitation' films, \u003cem\u003eBoyz  N The Hood\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNew Jack City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * drag and gender confusion in cinema, from the unerotic cross-dressing of \u003cem\u003eMrs Doubtfire\u003c\/em\u003e to the eroticised ambiguity of \u003cem\u003eOrlando\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stella Bruzzi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415139562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415139564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/06\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.41w x 0.83d","brand":"Stella Bruzzi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136048443647,"sku":"9780415139564","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4d2ba7f-6348-4b25-9a48-f28eba9e8155.jpg?v=1770160165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/undressing-cinema-stella-bruzzi-9780415139564","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}