- Docente: Eleonora Chiais
- 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)
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
- Why is fashion always in fashion?
- Fashion and sociology: which is the relationship?
- Fashion and inter/intra cultural translation
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
- Deseasonalization: fast fashion, slow fashion, vintage
- Sustainable fashion
Readings/Bibliography
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 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 --> pages from 97 to 206).
Teaching methods
Theoretical lessons by the teacher; targeted research on current topics.
Assessment methods
Final written test; questions in "multiple choice" mode; no penalty for mistaken answers.
Teaching tools
slides and any additional content (articles, videos) will be used during class and then shared with students.
Office hours
See the website of Eleonora Chiais
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.