- Docente: Simona Maria Segre Reinach
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SPS/08
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Fashion Cultures and Practices (cod. 9064)
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from Apr 17, 2024 to May 24, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to acquire the basic information on the evolution of fashion from the distinctive practice of the European bourgeois class to a medium of mass communication. The course explores the different social, cultural, economic and political meanings associated with fashion.
Course contents
Introduction
Definitions
Fashion and Time
Fashion and gender
Fashion and consumption
Fashion and art
Fashion and animals
From social sciences to fashion studies
Fashion and anthropology
Fashion and psychology
Fashion and semiotics
Fashion and cultural studies
Fashion studies: the interdisciplinary approach
Fashion marketing
Fashion and contemporaneity
De-seasonalisation: fast fashion, slow fashion, vintage
Sustainable fashion
Readings/Bibliography
Bibliography for attending and non attending students:
S. Segre-Reinach, La moda. Un'introduzione, Laterza: Roma-Bari 2010;
P. Calefato, La moda e il corpo. Teorie, concetti, prospettive critiche, Carocci editore: Roma, 2021 (chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 --> pgs. XX to 206).
E. Chiais, Moda e Trasparenza. Regimi discorsivi e dilalettica tra sguardi, Mimesis, Milano 2023 (cap.3)
Teaching methods
Targeted research on topical issues.
Lectures, in-class presentations, videos, group work
Assessment methods
Final written test 31 questions in multiple choice mode; no penalty for incorrect answers.
Teaching tools
Slides and any additional content (articles, videos) will be used during the lessons and then shared with the students.
Office hours
See the website of Simona Maria Segre Reinach