Dressing, seducing and signifying: from the symbolic dimension of fashion to the contemporary erotic imagery

As a relatively recent social and cultural phenomenon, fashion currently embodies a certain erotic imagery that seems to organise collective life. According to Lipovetsky, it governs our societies. Fashion, being ephemeral by nature, actually expresses the sovereignty of appearance and the power of...

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Main Author: Oliveira, Madalena (author)
Format: article
Language:por
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.24(2013).1781
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:journals.uminho.pt:article/910