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Uniforms and nonuniforms : communication through clothing / Nathan Joseph.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Joseph, Nathan, 1922-
- Series:
- Contributions in sociology 0084-9278 ; no. 61.
- Contributions in sociology. 0084-9278 ; no. 61
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Costume--Social aspects.
- Costume.
- Uniforms--Social aspects.
- Uniforms.
- Nonverbal communication.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 248 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Greenwood Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- Clothing serves as a system of signs that helps to order social interaction by identifying and locating individuals and groups within society. In the first in-depth study to analyze the communicative character of uniforms and other types of clothing, Nathan Joseph examines how clothing functions in a variety of social contexts to enforce norms, maintain institutional power, identify group membership, and express or suppress individuality.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [221]-238.
- ISBN:
- 0313251959
- OCLC:
- 13455064
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