Dress, dreams, and desire : a history of fashion and psychoanalysis / by Valerie Steele.
| Author/creator | Steele, Valerie author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | ix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | History of fashion and psychoanalysis |
| Contents | Introduction: Fashion as a deep surface -- Freud and fashion -- The naked dreamer -- The masquerade -- The mirror and the fragmented body -- Bitter enemies -- Desire and sexual difference -- To touch the gaze -- Bodies to wear. |
| Abstract | "Accompanying a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, this beautifully illustrated book, written by the Director and Chief Curator of The Museum and leading fashion theorist, Valerie Steele, shows how psychoanalysis can provide important clues about the power and allure of fashion, as well as the ambivalence and hostility it also attracts. Beyond concepts such as fetishism and the gaze, few fashion historians have engaged thoroughly with psychoanalysis and explored its influence on fashion in depth. With its superb selection of exciting imagery, this adventurous, inspiring and challenging book explores the role of emotions such as desire, anxiety, and envy in the way in which we clothe ourselves"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City --page ix. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2025011585 |
| ISBN | 9781350428188 pb |
| ISBN | 1350428183 |
| ISBN | epdf |
| ISBN | ebook |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000286481 |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | GT524 .S74 2025 | Due 10/13/2026 | Want This? |