ISBN:
9781472596192
,
9781472596185
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 144 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
Dress, body, culture
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Clothing and dress Symbolic aspects
;
Human body Symbolic aspects
;
Clothing and dress Social aspects
;
Nacktheit
;
Entkleidung
;
Gesellschaft
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
"The act of undressing has a multitude of meanings, which vary dramatically when this commonly private gesture is presented for public consumption. This ground-breaking book explores the significance of undressing in various cultural and social contexts. As we are increasingly obsessed with dress choices as signifiers of who we are and how we feel, an investigation into what happens as we remove our clothes has never been more pertinent. Divided into three main sections, 'Politics', 'Tease' and 'Clothes Without Bodies', Acts of Undressing discusses these key themes through an in-depth and eclectic mix of case studies including flashing at Mardi Gras, the World Burlesque Games, the ripping of uniforms in the Star Trek television series, and 'shoefiti' used by gangs to mark territories. Building on leading theories of dress and the body, from academics including Roland Barthes and Mario Perniolato Ruth Barcan and Erving Goffman, Acts of Undressing is essential reading for students of fashion, sociology, anthropology, visual culture and related subjects"--
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction Chapter 1: Private Acts, Public Display -- Chapter 2: Narrative Tease: Neo-burlesque and Storytelling through Striptease -- Chapter 3: 'Where the Garment Gapes': The Eroticism of Intermittence -- Chapter 4: Deviance and Disruption: Streaking, Mooning and Flashing -- Chapter 5: Make Love, Not War: Conflict, Resistance and the Revolutionary Body -- Chapter 6: Abandoned Clothes: Separating Dress from Body Conclusion Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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