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Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear
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Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear Soft cover - 2003

by Fussell, Paul

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  • very good
  • Paperback

According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes -- revealing what our clothing says about class, sex, and our desire to belong. With keen insight and considerable curmudgeonly flair, Fussell unfolds the history and cultural significance of all manner of attire, fondly analyzing the roles that uniforms play in a number of communities -- the military, the church, health care, food service, sports -- even everyday civilian life. Uniforms is vintage Fussell: "revelatory, ribald, and irresistible" (Shirley Hazzard).

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Mariner Books, 2003. Soft cover. Very Good. 80x9x140. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.
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Details

  • Title Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear
  • Author Fussell, Paul
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 204
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 2003
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 077771
  • ISBN 9780618381883 / 0618381880
  • Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.67 x 5.12 x 0.61 in (22.02 x 13.00 x 1.55 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Clothing and dress - Psychological aspects, Uniforms
  • Dewey Decimal Code 391

Summary

According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes -- revealing what our clothing says about class, sex, and our desire to belong. With keen insight and considerable curmudgeonly flair, Fussell unfolds the history and cultural significance of all manner of attire, fondly analyzing the roles that uniforms play in a number of communities -- the military, the church, health care, food service, sports -- even everyday civilian life. Uniforms is vintage Fussell: "revelatory, ribald, and irresistible" (Shirley Hazzard).

First line

Society, which the more I think of it astonishes me the more, is founded upon cloth."

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