Getting dressed: conformity and imitation in clothing and everyday life

Getting Dressed teaches sociology through the everyday decision of what to wear. It is about the rules that shape how we dress and how and why we conform. It is about how and why we imitate others. We may think about clothing as our personal style and identity. But our personal style is not so perso...

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Main Author: Yodanis, Carrie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2018
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Getting Dressed teaches sociology through the everyday decision of what to wear. It is about the rules that shape how we dress and how and why we conform. It is about how and why we imitate others. We may think about clothing as our personal style and identity. But our personal style is not so personal; it is social, shaped and limited by countless social influences. We use clothes to rank and treat each other as better and worse. Yet we need each other to become who we are when getting dressed. This book is about what we wear, why we wear it, and why it matters
Item Description:Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781315265087
1315265087
9781351965996
1351965999
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9781351965972
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