{"product_id":"uniform-9781350045552","title":"Uniform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role uniform plays in public life and private experience. This volume explores the social, political, economic, and cultural significance of various kinds of uniforms to consider how they embody gender, class, sexuality, race, nationality, and belief. From the pageantry of uniformed citizens to the rationalizing of time and labour, this category of dress has enabled distinct forms of social organization, sometimes repressive, sometimes utopian. With thematic sections on the social meaning of uniform in the military, in institutions, and political movements, its use in fashion, in the workplace, and at leisure, a series of case studies consider what sartorial uniformity means to the history of the body and society.Ranging from English public school uniform to sacred dress in the Vatican, from Australian airline uniforms to the garb worn by soldiers in combat, \u003ci\u003eUniform\u003c\/i\u003e draws attention to a visual and material \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to wear a uniform? How does uniformity transform bodies? These are just two of the questions addressed in this book. The answers are revealing, complex, and utterly compelling. A \"must read\" for anyone curious about the power of clothes in the modern world. * Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London, UK *\u003cbr\u003eRigorous, theoretically rich, transnational and transhistorical in scope, this book brings exciting new perspectives to the study of dress, institutions and disciplinary power. * Ilya Parkins, University of British Columbia, Canada *\u003cbr\u003eInnovative and fascinating … a much needed approach to uniform as embedded social practice. * Sophie Woodward, University of Manchester, UK *\u003cbr\u003e[A]n invaluable resource for students of fashion, clothing, dress history and cultural studies. * Kevin Almond, University of Leeds, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgments   1 Understanding Uniform: An Introduction - \u003ci\u003eJane Tynan and Lisa Godson\u003c\/i\u003e  Part One: Uniforming Political Movements  2 The Public Order Act: Defining Political Uniform in 1930s Britain \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnnebella Pollen\u003c\/i\u003e 3 Revolutionary Culture, Girl Power, and the Red Guard Uniform During the Chinese Cultural Revolution\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLi Li\u003c\/i\u003e  Part Two: Uniforming Institutions  4 Uniform Adoption in English Public Schools, 1830–1930 \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Stephenson\u003c\/i\u003e 5 Dissolving Vatican Uniform Hegemony: The Marist Road to Dress Freedom - \u003ci\u003eWilliam J. F. Keenan\u003c\/i\u003e  Part Three: Uniforming Leisure  6 Fashionably Rational: The Evolution of Uniformed Leisure in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeraldine Biddle-Perry\u003c\/i\u003e 7 Uniformity in Fashion Practices During the Modernization Period in Turkey \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eF. Dilek Himam\u003c\/i\u003e  Part Four: Uniforming Workers  8 Uniforming the Corporate Body in the City of London - \u003ci\u003eSamira Guerra\u003c\/i\u003e 9 A Cast of Thousands: Martin Grant and the New Qantas Uniform\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrudence Black\u003c\/i\u003e  Part Five: Uniforming Fashion  10 Overalls: Functional, Political, Fashionable \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDjurdja Bartlett \u003c\/i\u003e 11 Utility Chic: Where Fashion and Uniform Meet \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane Tynan\u003c\/i\u003e  Part Six: Uniforming the Military  12 Military Uniform and Lethal Targeting in International Law on Armed Conflict \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmin Parsa\u003c\/i\u003e 13 Military Uniforms and Women in the Ulster Defence Regiment \u003ci\u003e- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Herron\u003c\/i\u003e  Conclusion Notes Select Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187285090647,"sku":"9781350045552","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uniform-9781350045552","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}