Uniforms: Why We Are What We WearHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002 - 204 páginas According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes -- revealing what our clothing says about class, sex, and our desire to belong. With keen insight and considerable curmudgeonly flair, Fussell unfolds the history and cultural significance of all manner of attire, fondly analyzing the roles that uniforms play in a number of communities -- the military, the church, health care, food service, sports -- even everyday civilian life. Uniforms is vintage Fussell: "revelatory, ribald, and irresistible" (Shirley Hazzard). |
Índice
A Thing About Uniforms | 1 |
Colorful Tights for Men? | 8 |
Sturdy Shoulders and Trim Fit | 11 |
Russian Uniform Culture | 16 |
The German Way | 19 |
Vain than Others? | 28 |
Admiral Zumwalts Big Mistake | 30 |
Brass Buttons | 35 |
Uniforms of the Sporting Life | 113 |
Stigmatic Uniforms | 121 |
Weirdos | 126 |
Ernest Hemingway SemiWeirdo | 132 |
Higher Learning | 136 |
Japan as a Uniform Culture | 140 |
Academic Full Dress | 142 |
Pretties | 146 |
Generals Dress | 38 |
Blue Jeans | 48 |
The Rise and Fall of the Brown Jobs | 53 |
Uniforms of the Faithful | 65 |
Deliverers | 80 |
Transportationists | 85 |
Police and Their Impersonators | 93 |
Why Arent Grave Violations of Taste Impeachable Offenses Too? | 97 |
Youth on the Musical March | 100 |
Doorpersons etc | 105 |
The Pitiable Misfits of the Klan | 110 |
Chefs in Their Whites | 153 |
The Nurses Revolt | 156 |
Little Sailor Suits | 159 |
Uniforming the Scouts and Others | 162 |
Womens Nuptial Uniform | 167 |
BroadBrimmed Hats | 170 |
Civilian Uniformities | 174 |
Keepsakes | 183 |
Notes Toward the Readers Own Theory of Uniforms | 186 |
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Uniforms Exposed: From Conformity to Transgression Jennifer Craik Pré-visualização indisponível - 2005 |