FASHION DISCOURSE AND POWER IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IN LAUREN WEISBERGER’S THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA: A GENEALOGY ANALYSIS

Abstract

The novel entitled The Devil Wears Prada is written by Lauren Weisberger, tells about the importance of Runway fashion magazine in America. The thesis focuses on fashion discourse and power in the novel and in the context of American society. There are some resistance events in the novel that is practiced by Andrea toward Miranda’s fashion rules at Runway. Andrea does not agree with Miranda’s rules of fashion that cause Runway employees suffer of it. In fact, Runway employees still follow and obey to Miranda’s rules of fashion except Andrea. She does not want to be Miranda’s fashion follower. Andrea has her own fashion style that differs from Miranda. She brings American fashion style against Miranda’s European fashion style