HIST 077. Fashion: Theory and History

This course traces the historical development of fashion systems and fashion theory, with a special focus on East Asia. Using textual, visual, and material sources, we will explore historical representations of dress, the politics of dress, fashion and the body, and consumption and modernity.
Concentrations: Empires and Nations; Method/Theory
Prerequisite: A history course or permission of the instructor.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for ASIA
Spring 2024. Chen.
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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