The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art

Name: The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
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By Adam Geczy

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Artificial bodies constructed in human likeness, from uncanny automatons to mechanical dolls, have long played a complex and subtle role in human identity and culture. This book takes a range of these bodies, from antiquity to the present day, to explore how we seek out echoes, caricatures and replications of ourselves in order to make sense of the complex world in which we live. Packed with case studies, from the commedia del'arte to Hans Bellmer and the 1980s supermodel, this volume explores the divide between the "real" and the constructed. Arguing that the body "other" plays a crucial role in the formation of the self physically and psychologically, leading scholar Adam Geczy contends that the "natural" body has been replaced by a series of imaginary archetypes in our post-modern world, central to which is the figure of the doll. The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art provides a much-needed synthesis of constructed bodies across time and place, drawing on fashion theory, theatre studies and material culture, to explore what the body means in the realms of identity, gender, performance and art.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 230
Release Date:: 2016-11-03
Publication Date:: 2016-11-03
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1472595955
ISBN13:: 9781472595959
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 405 g
Height:: 170 cm
Width:: 244 cm
Thickness:: 13 cm

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