Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 224 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781847888976
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9781845208943
Series Statement:
Dress, body, culture
Content:
Uniforms are not unique to Japan, but their popularity there suggests important linkages: material culture, politico-economic projects, bodily management, and the construction of subjectivity are all connected to the wearing of uniforms. This book examines what the donning of uniforms says about cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan. Conformity in dress is especially apparent amongst students, who are required to wear uniforms by most schools. Drawing on concrete examples, the author focuses particularly on student uniforms, which are key socializing objects in Japan's politico-economic order, but also examines office ladies' (secretaries), salary men' (white collar workers), service personnel, and housewives, who wear a type of uniformed dress. Arguing that uniforms can be viewed as material markers of a life cycle managed by powerful politico-economic institutions, he also shows that resistance to official state projects is expressed by anti-uniforming' modes of self
Note:
Online-Ausgabe erschienen bei Bloomsbury Fashion Central: 2021
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-8597-3485-8
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-8597-3490-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Japan
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Schuluniform
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Funktion
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Sozialerziehung
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Gruppenidentität
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Japan
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Alltag
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Uniform
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Selbstdarstellung
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Japan
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Schüler
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Schuluniform
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