{"product_id":"9781784533786","title":"Experimental Fashion Performance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDress Cultures\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eExperimental Fashion\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePerformance Art, Carnival and the Grotesque Body\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrancesca Granata | Reina Lewis | Elizabeth Wilson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign \/ Fashion \u0026amp; Accessories\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the \u003cb\u003eMillia Davenport Publication Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExperimental Fashion traces the proliferation of the grotesque and carnivalesque within contemporary fashion and the close relation between fashion and performance art, from Lady Gaga's raw meat dress to Leigh Bowery's performance style. The book examines the designers and performance artists at the turn of the twenty-first century whose work challenges established codes of what represents the fashionable body. These innovative people, the book argues, make their challenges through dynamic strategies of parody, humour and inversion. It explores the experimental work of modern designers such as Georgina Godley, Bernhard Willhelm, Rei Kawakubo and fashion designer, performance artist, and club figure Leigh Bowery.  It also discusses the increased centrality of experimental fashion through the pop phenomenon, Lady Gaga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Granata\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons the New School for Design, New York. She is the editor and founder of the journal \u003ci\u003eFashion Projects\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eFashion Theory, Fashion Practice, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Design History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in a number of books and exhibition catalogues.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 February 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eI.B. Tauris\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781784533786\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332673798284,"sku":"9781784533786","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_7a6cf186-e587-43c6-9bce-750acd1ac908.jpg?v=1783604866","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781784533786","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}