Undressing cinema : clothing and identity in the movies
by
 
Bruzzi, Stella, 1962-

Title
Undressing cinema : clothing and identity in the movies

Author
Bruzzi, Stella, 1962-

ISBN
9780415139564
 
9780415139571

Personal Author
Bruzzi, Stella, 1962-

Publication Information
London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Physical Description
xxi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents
Cinema and haute couture: Sabrina to Pretty woman, Trop belle pour toi!, Pret-a-porter -- Desire and the costume film: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The age of innocence, The piano -- The instabilities of the Franco-American gangster: Scarface to Pulp fiction, Casino, Leon -- The screen's fashioning of blackness: Shaft, New Jack City, Boyz N the Hood, Waiting to exhale -- Clothes, power and the modern femme fatale: The last seduction, Disclosure, Single white female -- The comedy of cross-dressing: Glen or Glenda, Mrs. Doubtfire, The adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert -- The erotic strategies of androgyny: The ballad of Little Jo, The crying game, Orlando.

Abstract
Bruzzi shows how, far from being mere accessories, clothes are key elements in the construction of cinematic identities. She uses case studies to reassess established ideas about costume and fashion, and to challenge conventional interpretations.

Subject Term
Costume -- Symbolic aspects.
 
Fashion in motion pictures.
 
Costume biblique -- Aspect symbolique.
 
Mode au cinéma.

Electronic Access
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0649/97007260-d.html


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