Full Description
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 & Ideology will appeal to students and scholars of fashion, history, sociology, cultural studies, politics and gender studies.
Contents
Introduction
Shoshana-Rose Marzel, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel and Guy Stiebel, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Nationality
Secular Fashion in Israel, Oz Almog, University of Haifa, Israel
Sartorial boundaries on the Chinese frontier, Antonia Finnane, University of Melbourne, Australia
Religion
Rabbinical Dress in Italy, Asher Salah, Bezalel Arts and Design Academy Jerusalem, Israel
Zoomorphic Brooches: Decoration or Religious Ideology?, Lindsay Allason-Jones, Newcastle University, UK
How Muslim Women Dress in Israel, Oz Almog, University of Haifa, Israel
Identity
Ideology, fashion and the Darlys' Macaroni Prints, Peter McNeil, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Feminist Ideologies in Postmodern Japanese Fashion: Rei Kawakubo Meets Marie Antoinette in Downtown Tokyo, Ory Bartal, Bezalel Arts and Design Academy Jerusalem, Israel
Military Dress as an Ideological Marker in Roman Palestine, Guy Stiebel, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Politics
Fashion and Feminism through Western History, Henriette Dahan-Kalev, Ben Gurion University, Israel and Shoshana-Rose Marzel, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel
Fashion Politics and Practice in the Early Modern World: Indian Cottons in Japan & England, Beverly Lemire, University of Alberta, Canada
Breastfeeding, Ideology and Clothing in Nineteenth Century France, Gal Ventura, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Dress as Political Ideology in Rabelais and Voltaire Utopias, Shoshana-Rose Marzel, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
