Patrizia Calefato (Università di Bari) [BIO]..
In particular, this chapter will examine the stylistic features of some examples of body representation, features expressed in different languages through.
Patrizia Calefato. Fashion as Cultural Translation. Signs, Images, Narratives. Anthem Press, 2021
Meeting Patrizia Calefato in her writings is always an inspiring pleasure. Her ability to fathom the culture and society we live in through the lenses of fashion theory never fails to fascinate old and new readers.
Hence, if one wants to learn more about the systems of signification we are immersed in in the contemporary age, which fashion as a social discourse contributes to shape and mould by means of its multifaceted nature, this book by Patrizia Calefato — for the excellent translation by Alessandro Bucci — is definitely a must-read.
The premise on which Calefato grounds her compelling theoretical intervention in the academic and cultural debate at large is the definition of fashion as a system working from the margins of what is commonly reckoned as ephemeral and frivolous (clothes, accessories, body decorations and make up), wisely acting to influence and possibly change “the