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Paolo Volonté is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology, at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where he teaches the Sociology of Fashion and is Vice-Dean of the PhD Programme in Design. He is co-editor of the International Journal of Fashion Studies.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface Size Conversion Table 1. The Paradox of Nonexistent Fat Fashion 2. Dress and the Body 3. Fashion Discourse: The Tyranny of Slenderness 4. Fashion Practice: The Persistence of the Thin Ideal 5. Fashion Technology: The Sizing System 6. Fashion Politics: The Segregation of Non-Thin Bodies 7. Outlook References Index

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
      Published 9 September 2021
      ISBN-13 9781350126930
      978-1350126930
      ISBN-10 1350126934
      Also in:
      Business, Finance & Law Fashion and beauty industries Cultural studies: dress and society Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Paolo Volonté is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology, at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, where he teaches the Sociology of Fashion and is Vice-Dean of the PhD Programme in Design. He is co-editor of the International Journal of Fashion Studies.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface Size Conversion Table 1. The Paradox of Nonexistent Fat Fashion 2. Dress and the Body 3. Fashion Discourse: The Tyranny of Slenderness 4. Fashion Practice: The Persistence of the Thin Ideal 5. Fashion Technology: The Sizing System 6. Fashion Politics: The Segregation of Non-Thin Bodies 7. Outlook References Index

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