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Number of Pages: 192. Weight: 0.73 lbs. Publication Date: 2015-02-12. Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic.

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Cool Shades provides the first in-depth exploration of the enduring appeal of sunglasses in visual culture, both historically and today. ..Ubiquitous in fashion, advertising, film and graphic design, sunglasses are the ultimate signifier of 'cool' in mass culture; a powerful attribute pervading much fashion and pop cultural imagery which has received little scholarly attention until now...Accessible and highly engaging, this book offers an original history of how sunglasses became a fashion accessory in the early twentieth century, and addresses the complex variety of meanings they have the power to articulate, through associations with vision, light, glamour, darkness, fashion, speed and technology in the context of modernity... Cool Shades will be of great interest to students of fashion, design, visual and material culture, cultural studies and sociology, as well as general readers fascinated by this iconic fashion staple.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
0857854453
ISBN-13
9780857854452
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167476945

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Author
Vanessa Brown
Publication Name
Cool Shades : the History and Meaning of Sunglasses
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages

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Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz

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Gt2370.G55 2014
Reviews
"Brown delivers a fascinating explication of an iconic fashion accoutrement: sunglasses. She discusses how they have served as a popular cultural signifier, particularly since the 1920s, and explains their purportedly 'cool' quality ... This short but insightful volume explores the influence of urban developments, the early turn to goggles and then eventually to Ray-Ban aviators, and the ultimate evolution of 'modern cool.' ... According to Brown, sunglasses also were linked with African Americans, the femme fatale, white hipsters, the Beats, and late modernity ... Likening shades to Breton's top hat and Robinson's bowler, Brown offers that they stand as 'the ultimate symbol of the age.' A thoroughly intriguing account. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." --R. C. Cottrell, California State University, Chico, CHOICE "[Author] Brown has contributed a thorough and probing look at how these everyday items tell a rich and meaningful story about the culture that invented, popularized and continues to rely deeply upon them." - Fashion, Society & Popular Culture, Brown delivers a fascinating explication of an iconic fashion accoutrement: sunglasses. She discusses how they have served as a popular cultural signifier, particularly since the 1920s, and explains their purportedly 'cool' quality . This short but insightful volume explores the influence of urban developments, the early turn to goggles and then eventually to Ray-Ban aviators, and the ultimate evolution of 'modern cool.' . According to Brown, sunglasses also were linked with African Americans, the femme fatale, white hipsters, the Beats, and late modernity . Likening shades to Breton's top hat and Robinson's bowler, Brown offers that they stand as 'the ultimate symbol of the age.' A thoroughly intriguing account. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.
Table of Content
1. Introduction 2. Sunglasses and Modernity: Why do Modern Eyes Need Shading? 3. Sunglasses and Speed 4. Sunglasses and the Hi-tech Body 5. From Sunlight to Fashbulbs: Sunglasses, Success, Celebrity and Glamour 6. Sunglasses and the Other - Race, Gender, the Blind and the Outlaw 7. The Spread of Outsider Cool: 1950s - Present 8. Sunglasses and the Absence of Meaning 9. Conclusion 10. Timeline (1750 to 1960s) Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
History & Criticism, Fashion & Accessories, Optometry, Popular Culture, Fashion & Style
Lccn
2014-021549
Dewey Decimal
391.4/4
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Design, Self-Help, Medical, Social Science

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