Dress and ideology : fashioning identity from antiquity to the present / edited by Shoshana-Rose Marzel and Guy D. Stiebel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marzel, Shoshana-Rose.

Stiebel, Guy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--History.

Clothing and dress.

History.

Fashion--History.

Fashion.

Clothing and dress--Social aspects.

Fashion--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2015.

Summary:

Dress and Fashion are powerful visual means of communicating ideology, whether political, social or religious. From the communist values of equality, simplicity and solidarity exemplified in the Mao suit to the myriad of fashion protests of feminists such as French revolutionary women's demand to wear trousers, dress can symbolize ideological orthodoxy as well as revolt. With contributions from a wide range of international scholars, this book presents the first scholarly analysis of dress and ideology through accessible case studies. Chapters are organized thematically and explore dress in relation to topics including nation, identity, religion, politics and Utopias, across an impressive chronological reach from antiquity to the present day. Dress and Ideology will appeal to students and scholars of fashion, history, sociology, cultural studies, politics and gender studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Nationhood 17

1 Secular Fashion in Israel, Oz Almog, University of Haifa, Israel 19

2 Sartorial Boundaries on the Chinese Frontier, Antonia Finnane, University of Melbourne, Australia 37

Part 2 Religion 53

3 Rabbinical Dress in Italy, Asher Salah, Bezalel Arts and Design Academy Jerusalem, Israel 55

4 Zoomorphic Brooches in Roman Britain: Decoration or Religious Ideology?, Lindsay Allason-Jones, Newcastle University, UK 69

5 How Muslim Women Dress in Israel, Oz Almog, University of Haifa, Israel 87

Part 3 Identity 109

6 Ideology, Fashion and the Darlys' "Macaroni" Prints, Peter McNeil, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 111

7 Feminist Ideologies in Postmodern Japanese Fashion: Rei Kawakubo Meets Marie Antoinette in Downtown Tokyo, Ory Bartal, Bezafel Arts and Design Academy Jerusalem, Israel 137

8 Military Dress as an Ideological Marker in Roman Palestine, Guy D. Stiebel, Tel Aviv University, Israel 153

Part 4 Politics 169

9 Fashion and Feminism, Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Ben Gurion University, Israel and Shoshana-Rose Marzel, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel 171

10 Fashion Politics and Practice: Indian Cottons and Consumer Innovation in Tokugawa Japan and Early Modern England, c. 1600-1800, Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta, Canada 189

11 Breastfeeding, Ideology and Clothing in nineteenth-Century France, Gal Ventura, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 211

12 Dress as Political ideology in Rabelais and Voltaire Utopias, Shoshana-Rose Marzel, Bezafel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472529343

1472529340

9781472525499

1472525493

OCLC:

896980256