"Fascinating." Perspective “A fascinating, often funny, and
eminently stylish personal memoir … I loved it.” - Chris Breward,
author of The Suit “Wide-ranging, thought-provoking and
important.” - Claire Wilcox, author of Patch Work Elizabeth Wilson
is a pioneer of fashion studies, yet she never intended to become an
academic. Starting her literary career as a feminist activist writing
for the underground press, she went on to explore tennis, 'bohemians'
and of course fashion – her obsession – along with forays into
fiction. Throughout, she has never seen her work as abstract or
disengaged from 'real life'. In her memoir, she traces this
relationship between personal experience and her writing, revisiting
pivotal moments from childhood, adolescence and adult life to explore
her belief that research, by its nature, is always a form of
autobiography. She unfolds the garment of her life in a wide-ranging
exploration of scenes from her past: her difficult relationship with
her mother, fashion in the 60s and gay liberation. In this journey
through time she shows how experiences are inseparable from the way we
seek to explain and understand them, offering a unique and deeply
personal account of her – and our – cultural world.
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ISBN
9781350232617
Publisert
2022
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Vendor
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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