Fashioning socialism; clothing, politics, and consumer culture in East Germany.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: February 1, 2006 | Copyright information

9781845202811

Fashioning socialism; clothing, politics, and consumer culture in East Germany.

Stitziel, Judd.

Berg Publishers

2005

260 pages

$89.95

Hardcover

HC290

"Clothing's role in everyday politics and the economy made it one of the most important and complex consumer products in East Germany," argues Stitziel (Johns Hopkins U.) in his investigation of the genesis, developme...