Uniforms and Nonuniforms: Communication Through Clothing (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313251955)

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.

Author: Nathan Joseph
ISBN-10: 0313251959
ISBN-13: 9780313251955
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 11/03/1986
Pages: 257
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.34w x 1.07d