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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cornell Univ Pr
Publication date
March 1, 1998
Pages
249
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780801484049
ISBN-10
0801484049
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.75 lbs.
Original list price
$37.50
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "A fascinating account of the powerful roles fur has played in various cultures and of the historical and political forces at work in the play of its meanings."âJonathan Culler, Cornell University"In this well-written treatise, Emberley . . . views fur through widely disparate lenses. . . . Emberley is able to make us understand all the viewpoints she presents. . . . A valuable book on a little-explored subject."âLibrary Journal"This is a strong and intelligent work on a controversial topic. Emberley's book is much more intellectually sophisticated than anything else I've seen on this subject."âValerie Steele, Editor, Fashion Theory"Julia Emberley's book is a complex, wide-ranging, and fascinating feminist critique of the history and meaning of fur and fashion. Particularly unique is her integration of indigenous voices into the debates."âLucy Lippard, author of The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Feminist Essays on ArtFur has been sparking controversies ever since sumptuary laws marked it as a luxury item and as a sign of medieval class privilege. Drawing on wide-ranging historical and contemporary sources, Julia V. Emberley explains how a material good has become both a symbol of wealth and sexuality, and a symptom of class, gender, and imperial antagonisms.
Editions
Hardcover
from Cornell Univ Pr (March 1, 1998)
9780801433689 | details & prices | 249 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $55.00
from McGill Queens Univ Pr (November 1, 1997)
9780773517059 | details & prices | List price $95.00
About: Nowhere has the dispute over fur's meaning been more fervent than during the confrontations in the 1980s between animal rights activists and Native peoples of northern Canada, whose claims for self-determination include collective rights to engage in the selling and trading, consumption, and production of animal products.
About: Nowhere has the dispute over fur's meaning been more fervent than during the confrontations in the 1980s between animal rights activists and Native peoples of northern Canada, whose claims for self-determination include collective rights to engage in the selling and trading, consumption, and production of animal products.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Cornell Univ Pr (March 1, 1998)
9780801484049 | details & prices | 249 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $37.50
About: "A fascinating account of the powerful roles fur has played in various cultures and of the historical and political forces at work in the play of its meanings.
About: "A fascinating account of the powerful roles fur has played in various cultures and of the historical and political forces at work in the play of its meanings.
from McGill Queens Univ Pr (November 1, 1997)
9780773517066 | details & prices | List price $32.95
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