cam a22 4 4500 53020407X CHVBK 20181123194355.0 140604s2015 nyua b||| 001 0 eng| 2014021549 GBB4-C6246 bnb 016939354 Uk 978-0-85785-445-2 (paperback) 0-85785-445-3 (paperback) 978-0-85785-444-5 (hardback) 0-85785-444-5 (hardback) 978-0-85785-463-6 0-85785-463-1 978-0-85785-464-3 0-85785-464-X (OCoLC)858353426 (NEBIS)011297025 (OCoLC)858353426 DLC ger SzZuIDS NEBIS SNM rda GT2370 .G55 2015 391.4/4 23 Brown Vanessa 1970- (DE-588)143027883 Verfasser aut Cool shades the history and meaning of sunglasses Vanessa Brown First published New York Bloomsbury Academic 2015 viii, 177 pages illustrations 24 cm Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction : Why write a book about sunglasses? -- Modernity: an onslaught on the eyes -- Seeing the blur: perception, cool and mechanized speed (1910-present) -- Seeing the cyborg: eye-shading, cool, and the hi-tech body (1910-present) -- Seeing in the light: "sun"glasses, modern glamor, cool, and celebrity (1920s-present) -- Seeing in the dark: sunglasses and "outsider" cool (1940s-present) -- Heading for the shade: the spread of outsider cool (1950s-present) -- Seeing in the "eclipse": sunglasses, cool and the absence of meaning (late 1950s-present) -- Sunglasses and cool: conclusions "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"-- Geschichte gnd 1900-1999 fast Gesellschaft (DE-588)4020588-5 gnd Lebensstil (DE-588)4138354-0 gnd Mode (DE-588)4039792-0 gnd Sonnenbrille (DE-588)4331184-2 gnd Sunglasses Fashion Popular culture History 20th century DESIGN Fashion bisacsh DESIGN History & Criticism bisacsh Sunglasses fast Populärkultur historia sao History lcgft E32-20181115 nebis EN NEBIS 100 1- Brown Vanessa 1970- (DE-588)143027883 Verfasser aut SWISSBIB 331167778 BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 NEBIS E32 E32 E32FL Ot 33