Indiana University Press
Fashion in Film
Key Metrics
- Adrienne Munich
- Indiana University Press
- Paperback
- 9780253222992
- 8.96 X 6.34 X 0.82 inches
- 1.3 pounds
- Performing Arts > Film - History & Criticism
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
The vital synergy between dress and the cinema has been in place since the advent of film. Broaching topics such as vampires, noir, and Marie Antoinette looks, Fashion in Film uncovers the way in which the alliance of these two powerhouse industries use myriad cultural influences--shaping narrative, national identity, and all points in between. Contributor essays address international films from early cinema to the present, drawing on the classic and the innovative. This abundantly illustrated collection reveals that fashion in conjunction with film must be understood in a different way from fashion tout simple.
Author Bio
Adrienne Munich comes from Michigan, attending the University of Michigan for two years, then Brandeis University where she received a B. A. in comparative literature. Committed to teaching, she received an MAT degree from Yale University, taught at University of Kentucky before deciding to pursue a doctorate in Victorian literature.
She teaches courses on Victorian sensational novels—about murderesses, vampires, and addicts, as well as more soothing Victorian topics, such as economics and literature. She writes books and articles about Victorian literature and culture, such as Andromeda’s Chains, a book about ways that artists and poets interpreted a Greek myth about a chained, naked princess and Queen Victoria’s Secrets, about how Queen Victoria became a cultural icon in an age of empire but of reduced monarchical power. Teaching courses and lecturing about fashion and consumer culture, she organized a Stony Brook conference about fashion and film and edited a book about the topic.
Recent book topics include American modern poet, Amy Lowell, and articles about movies, early radio, and diamonds. She is writing a book on cultural meanings of diamonds. She co-edits the Cambridge University Press quarterly journal, Victorian Literature and Culture.
Source: Stony Brook University
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