ISBN:
0585435871
,
9780585435879
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 231 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Dress, body, culture
Parallel Title:
Print version Wearing ideology
Keywords:
School children's clothing
;
Uniforms
;
School children's clothing
;
Uniforms
Abstract:
This text examines what the donning of uniforms says about the cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan. Drawing on specific examples, the book focuses particularly upon student uniforms
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Approaches and DefinitionsThe Dramaturgical Approach: Linking Subjectivity, Self-presentation and the StateLearning to Wear Ideology: School UniformsPatterns and Practices of Dress UniformityWearing Ideology and the "Cult of Cuteness"Countering the Official Code by "Consuming Cuteness"Final Thoughts: The Political Economics of Self-Presentation, Individuality and IndividualizationAppx. A:Surveys about UniformsAppx. B:Uchino Michiko's 1995 Questionnaires about Student Uniforms.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-224) and index
,
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
,
Electronic reproduction
DOI:
10.2752/9781847888976
