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Winner of the 2019 John Collier Jr Award Street style blogging has experienced a meteoric rise in popularity over the last decade. Amateur photographers, often with no formal training in fashion, have become critical arbiters of taste and trends, influencing the representations that appear in magazines and on runways, and putting new cities on the fashion world map. This cutting-edge book documents the evolution of street style photography, from the fieldwork photos of early anthropology to the ... [Read More]

«Se questo libro non fosse anche molto piacevole da leggere, direi che si tratta di una sorta di studio sociologico sui weblog e sui motori di ricerca. La prospettiva di Granieri è al tempo stesso ampia e precisa: attraverso l’individuazione dei suoi attori e l’esame della tecnologia, la trasformazione delle relazioni personali oggi in atto è messa in luce nei suoi vari aspetti. Il libro di Granieri è ispirato a una visione della democrazia e dell’organizzazione sociale in movimento. L... [Read More]

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWomen in Clothes is a book unlike any other. It is essentially a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities—famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old—on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every day define and shape our lives.It began with a survey. The editors composed a list of more than fifty questions designed to prompt women to think more deeply about their personal style. Writers, activists, and ar... [Read More]

Excerpt from A Book of Tracts: Containing the Origin and Progress; Cruelties; Frauds; Superstitions; Miracles; Ceremonies; Idolatrous Customs, &C., &C. Of the Church of RomeAt'a time when Popery is making much noise in the world, and stalking through the breadth and length of our own land, the reader ought to know what it is, without being obliged to listen to the se ductive invitation, Came and see and to know that, while its words are smooth as oil, war is in its heart against all that can pro... [Read More]