Title: Uniforms and Nonuniforms: Communication Through Clothing.
Abstract: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 ...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.Read More
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
Access and Citation
Cited By Count: 130
AI Researcher Chatbot
Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot