Acts of undressing : politics, eroticism, and discarded clothing / Barbara Brownie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brownie, Barbara, author.

Series:

Dress, body, culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body--Social aspects.

Human body.

Human body--Political aspects.

Undressing--Social aspects.

Undressing.

Undressing--Political aspects.

Nudity--Social aspects.

Nudity.

Nudity--Political aspects.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

x, 144 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"The act of undressing has a multitude of meanings, which vary dramatically when this commonly private gesture is presented for public consumption. This ground-breaking book explores the significance of undressing in various cultural and social contexts. As we are increasingly obsessed with dress choices as signifiers of who we are and how we feel, an investigation into what happens as we remove our clothes has never been more pertinent. Divided into three main sections, 'Politics', 'Tease' and 'Clothes Without Bodies', Acts of Undressing discusses these key themes through an in-depth and eclectic mix of case studies including flashing at Mardi Gras, the World Burlesque Games, the ripping of uniforms in the Star Trek television series, and 'shoefiti' used by gangs to mark territories. Building on leading theories of dress and the body, from academics including Roland Barthes and Mario Perniolato Ruth Barcan and Erving Goffman, Acts of Undressing is essential reading for students of fashion, sociology, anthropology, visual culture and related subjects"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction Chapter 1: Private Acts, Public Display

Chapter 2: Narrative Tease: Neo-burlesque and Storytelling through Striptease

Chapter 3: 'Where the Garment Gapes': The Eroticism of Intermittence

Chapter 4: Deviance and Disruption: Streaking, Mooning and Flashing

Chapter 5: Make Love, Not War: Conflict, Resistance and the Revolutionary Body

Chapter 6: Abandoned Clothes: Separating Dress from Body Conclusion Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472596192

1472596196

9781472596185

1472596188

OCLC:

962403693