Essays on the politics of everyday style.Fashion Talks is a vibrant look at the politics of everyday style. Shira Tarrant and Marjorie Jolles bring together essays that cover topics such as lifestyle Lolitas; Hollywood baby bumps; haute couture hijab; gender fluidity; steampunk; and stripper shoes; and engage readers with accessible and thoughtful analyses of real-world issues. This collection explores whether style can shift the limiting boundaries of race; class; gender; and sexuality; while avoiding the traps with which it attempts to rein us in. Fashion Talks will appeal to cultural critics; industry insiders; mainstream readers; and academic experts who are curious about the role fashion plays in the struggles over identity; power; and the status quo.ldquo;hellip;an engaging look at dress and its complexity in communication by utilizing contemporary examples and providing historical as well as current perspectives.rdquo; mdash; Journal of Family Consumer Sciencesldquo;Fashion Talks brings together a diverse group of feminist thinkers; and raises questions that may challenge its readers to think of style and its offshoots in new ways.rdquo; mdash; Sadie Magazineldquo;hellip;Fashion Talks simultaneously examines the joy and subversive potential fashion holds hellip; This discomfort; this shaky ground where fashion and feminism convergemdash;Tarrant; Jolles and their contributors open this space where we can channel our fashion choicesmdash;whether that be sneakers or heels; Prada or DIY; red lips or chapstickmdash;for political progress.rdquo; mdash; Bitch Magazineldquo;The contributors to this collection take fashion seriously; neither dismissing it as inconsequential nor demonizing it as inherently anti-feminist hellip; Quite simply; this book is an excellent and accessible introduction to the intersection between Third Wave feminism and fashion theory hellip; Highly recommended.rdquo; mdash; CHOICEldquo;Think of this book as your contemporary style guide. With wit and verve; these fine thinkers redress fashion as a force both frivolous and profound; offering the kind of intelligent; entertaining analysis that transcends trendiness. Topics vary widelymdash;think: baby bumps; little-girl looks; steampunk; colonial chic; feminism; fur; emirati couture. The result is an elegant mix-and-match that brings thoughtful consideration to everyday issues (like getting dressed!); while deepening understanding of our sartorial worlds.rdquo; mdash; Deborah Siegel; author of Sisterhood; Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wildldquo;From indie brides to Islamic abayas to emo-hipster style; Fashion Talks speaks volumes about the sophistication of contemporary feminist scholarship. Its essays bring together a wide range of different; occasionally divergent perspectives on how style has been applied; critiqued; analyzed; and of course donned for political ends; in ways that encourage readers to truly reconsider the popular slogan lsquo;This is what a feminist looks like.rsquo; This book is an invaluable source of new scholarship on the subject that will have tremendous appeal to those interested in gender studies; popular culture; and their sartorial expression.rdquo; mdash; Maria Elena Buszek; author of Pin-Up Grrrls: Feminism; Sexuality; Popular CultureShira Tarrant is Associate Professor in the Womenrsquo;s; Gender and Sexuality Studies Department at California State University; Long Beach.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Beyond memoryBy Richard L. LucasI lived in Knoxville during the Johnny Pirkle/Ron Ashburn/Rob Galbraith days (1966-1968) and I DO remember the WNOX WKGN competition for ratings in the RR domain. I think that it made both stations better. But in the story of WNOX. these were recent happenings in the time line of this book. While Im sure that there are some. mainly students of country music history. who will find this book fascinating. it was mostly written about things that I didnt really care too much about. I was in my early 20s during my Knoxville days. in grad school at UT. That was when the UT Beacon was very concerned about the size of co-eds calves from having to climb The Hill every day! If I only remember the "recent days" of WNOX (at age 69) I can only think that those who could remember the good "old" days are now pushing up daisies! I also had expected something about the technical history of the station. The engineers are given almost NO credit for delivering the signal that made all of these careers possible. I think that the existence of a transmitter was mentioned only once. incidentally. in passing. Itd be neat to have included a chapter on the location. power. and antenna configuration of the transmitter site as the years passed from 1921 through today. 91 years is an awful lot of history to ignore and Id argue that a lot of people whod be interested in this book would also like to know more about the technical side. Also. in one place the author mentions that WNOX couldnt compete with WSM because the latter station "pulled a 100.000 watt signal...." Never Happened.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Important part of country music historyBy Phillip R. WellsWNOX in Knoxville. Tennessee is much revered by serious fans and students of country music. Like Wheeling Jamboree and Louisiana Hayride and other jamboree shows of the period. the daily Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round and Tennessee Barn Dance on Saturday nights introduced many performers who went on to be country music stars. Familiar names like Carl Smith. Carl Butler Pearl. Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs. The Louvin Brothers and Don Gibson are important examples. This book covere them well. including early pictures: although I would have liked more details. this book gives a good overview.Less familiar is songwriter Arthur Q. Smith. real name James Pritchett. who wrote some of the greatest and best known country songs. many of which he sold outright to better known performers. While again I would hav eliked more deteial. the book does fill in some important gaps in this mans life and story.Itwas well worth the fairly modest price.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy roy garrettGreat servicw and a great book.
