Doing Research in Fashion and Dress: An Introduction to Qualitative Methods
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847885829 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It traces the history of fashion studies and provides readers with a guided introduction to the entire research process. Fashion, the author demonstrates, can be treated as a material object, an abstract idea, a social phenomenon, a system, a cultural value, or an attitude among many other approaches. This book is specifically devoted to qualitative research methods in fashion studies. It gives an overview of the key methodological approaches such as ethnography, semiology, and object-based research, and shows the student reader how "to do" research by combining theoretical and practical perspectives.Using case studies, the author outlines the major issues and methodological strategies that researchers employ, and examines the range of approaches in
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About the AuthorYuniya Kawamura is Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, USA. She is the author of The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion (Berg, 2004), Fashion-ology (Berg, 2005), and Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012).
. Yuniya Kawamura is Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, USA. She is the author of The Japanese Revolution in Paris Fashion (Berg, 2004), Fashion-ology (Berg, 2005), and Fashioning Japanese Subcultures (2012)