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Alternative femininities : body, age, and identity / Samantha Holland.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford : New York : Berg, 2004.Description: vii, 216 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1859738036 (cloth)
  • 1859738087 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1180 .H65 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Growing up but staying 'freaky' : an introduction. Methodological framework. Theoretical position. A brief overview of the empirical chapters -- Background reading. Femininity. Fashion theory. Subcultural theory. Identity and 'self.' The body -- Negotiating fluffy femininities. What is femininity?. 'I am not a bit fluffy.' Describing traditional femininity. The 'tools' and how to use them -- How to be a fairy princess. Fairies at play. 'My hair is everything.' Commitment : time and money -- Categories of unconventional. Bohemian dress. Black clothing. Anti-fashion and feminism. Defining 'alternatives.' To compromise or not to compromise -- 'More like torture than love'? Bodies/image. 'This is me!' -- Defying the crone? Age catches up with you. Policing yourself ... and others. 'Toning down' your appearance. You're as young as you feel. Marking the occasion -- Reflections and conclusions. Tensions and paradoxes. Strategies. How to do 'girly.' -- Resisting 'girly.' Women getting older. Shifts and changes.
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Books Main FCD HOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 9781873177439

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-178) and index.

Growing up but staying 'freaky' : an introduction. Methodological framework. Theoretical position. A brief overview of the empirical chapters -- Background reading. Femininity. Fashion theory. Subcultural theory. Identity and 'self.' The body -- Negotiating fluffy femininities. What is femininity?. 'I am not a bit fluffy.' Describing traditional femininity. The 'tools' and how to use them -- How to be a fairy princess. Fairies at play. 'My hair is everything.' Commitment : time and money -- Categories of unconventional. Bohemian dress. Black clothing. Anti-fashion and feminism. Defining 'alternatives.' To compromise or not to compromise -- 'More like torture than love'? Bodies/image. 'This is me!' -- Defying the crone? Age catches up with you. Policing yourself ... and others. 'Toning down' your appearance. You're as young as you feel. Marking the occasion -- Reflections and conclusions. Tensions and paradoxes. Strategies. How to do 'girly.' -- Resisting 'girly.' Women getting older. Shifts and changes.