Zoot suits and second-hand dresses : an anthology of fashion and music

Bringing Together A Range Of Previously Published And Specially Commissioned Articles On The Expanding Field Of Popular Culture, This Book Examines How Fashion And The Body Can Reflect Both Resourcefulness And Rebellion, The Youth Culture Of The 1980s And Music From Punk And Beyond. The Zoot Suit And Style Warfare / Stuart Cosgrove -- Second-hand Dresses And The Role Of The Ragmarket / Angela Mcrobbie -- Monster Metaphors : Notes On Michael Jackson's 'thriller' / Robena Mercer -- The Grain Of Punk : An Analysis Of The Lyrics / Dave Laing -- The Shattered Glass : Notes On Bryan Ferry / Ian Penman -- 'do You Know How To Pony?' : The Messianic Intensity Of The Sixties / Jon Savage -- Only Dancing : David Bowie Flirts With The Issues / Simon Firth -- The Best Uniforms / Marek Kohn -- Heroin, The Needle And The Politics Of The Body / Martin Chalmers -- Wild Style : Graffiti Painting / Atlanta And Alexander -- The Age Of Plunder / Jon Savage -- Sighs And Whispers In Bloomingdales : A Review Of A Bloomingdale Mail-order Catalogue For Their Lingerie Department / Rosetta Brooks -- Fashion 'n' Passion : A Working Paper / Kathy Myers -- Don't Look Now / Richard Dyer -- The Business Of Couture / Juliet Ash -- From The Inside : An Interview With Three Women Fashion Designers / Janel Lee -- Heavy Duty Denim : 'quality Never Dates' / Dirk Scheuring -- Women And Pop : A Series Of Lost Encounters / Gina Rumsey And Hilary Little -- Against Health And Efficiency : Independent Music In The 1980s / Simon Reynolds -- After Subversion : Pop Culture And Power / Paul Oldfield -- Fear Of The Future / David Stubbs -- We Are The World? / Greil Marcus. Edited By Angela Mcrobbie. Includes Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Zoot Suit and Style Warfare....Pages 3-22 Second-Hand Dresses and the Role of the Ragmarket....Pages 23-49 Monster Metaphors: Notes on Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’....Pages 50-73 The Grain of Punk: An Analysis of the Lyrics....Pages 74-101 The Shattered Glass: Notes on Bryan Ferry....Pages 103-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 ‘Do You Know How to Pony?’: The Messianic Intensity of the Sixties....Pages 121-131 Only Dancing: David Bowie Flirts with the Issues....Pages 132-140 The Best Uniforms....Pages 141-149 Heroin, the Needle and the Politics of the Body....Pages 150-155 Wild Style: Graffiti Painting....Pages 156-168 The Age of Plunder....Pages 169-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Sighs and Whispers in Bloomingdales: A Review of a Bloomingdale Mail-Order Catalogue for Their Lingerie Department....Pages 183-188 Fashion ’n’ Passion: A Working Paper....Pages 189-197 Don’t Look Now....Pages 198-207 The Business of Couture....Pages 208-214 From the Inside: An Interview with Three Women Fashion Designers....Pages 215-224 Heavy Duty Denim: ‘Quality Never Dates’....Pages 225-236 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Women and Pop: A Series of Lost Encounters....Pages 239-244 Against Health and Efficiency: Independent Music in the 1980s....Pages 245-255 After Subversion: Pop Culture and Power....Pages 256-266 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Fear of the Future....Pages 267-275 We Are the World?....Pages 276-282 Back Matter....Pages 283-298 Zoot Suits and Secondhand Dresses brings together a range of previously published and specially commissioned articles on the expanding field of popular culture. The contributors' themes include how fashion and the body can reflect both resourcefulness and rebellion, the youth culture of the 1980s, music from punk and beyond and the meanings of other popular images and icons.