CLOTHED BODY; TRANS. BY LISA ADAMS.
Series: DRESS, BODY, CULTURE
Publisher: BERG
Published: 2004
Place of publication: OXFORD
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 167
Description: Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language and is similarly underpinned by deeper meanings and philosop hies. From tattoos and mini-skirts, to skin decoration, makeup and hair, Calefato unpicks the multiple functions of modern dress. Exploring intriguing commonalities - for example, between tattooed Egyptian mummies of 2000 BC and modern subcultural st yles - Calefato considers the psychological, cultural, spiritual and symbolic significances at pla.