Fashion Sociology

Author: Hu Mei
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is part of the "Clothing Culture Series." Clothing sociology studies clothing as a social symbol, exploring its role and adaptive functions in human society. Based on years of research in clothing culture studies, the author focuses on discussing the internal and external factors of clothing socialization, its process, the social basis and effects of commercialization, and how groups formed by occupation, social class, interests, and other human and non-human factors use clothing as symbols, markers, and even as an inevitable social pattern. It particularly highlights the new role of clothing in a commercial society and the information age, addressing previously unexplored topics. This book can be used as supplementary teaching material for clothing majors in higher vocational colleges and also serves as a reference for college students and clothing culture enthusiasts to cultivate their sentiments and enhance their personal.