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Marx, Fashion and Capitalism

Sullivan, Anthony (2015) Marx, Fashion and Capitalism. In: Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide To Key Theorists. Dress Cultures . I.B. Tauris, London. ISBN 9781780767338

Type of Research: Book Section
Creators: Sullivan, Anthony
Description:

Given Wilson’s comment that ‘fashion is the child of capitalism’ (2003:13), this chapter shows how Marx’s rich conceptual framework can produce a deeper critical understanding of the origins and dynamics of fashion, socially, culturally and materially. For just like the capitalist system which spawned it, fashion is ‘double faced’ (Wilson, ibidem); a source of both pleasure and pain, expression and exploitation.

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Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: Commodity, Labour, Creativity, Surplus Value
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: I.B. Tauris
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > London College of Fashion
Date: 30 October 2015
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2014 13:25
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2019 15:32
Item ID: 6809
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/6809

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