Wearing Ideology
Subtitle: State, Schooling and Self-Presentation in Japan (Dress, Body, Culture)
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Published: September 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781859734902
Subjects: Anthropology; Costume; Social, group or collective psychology; Sociology; Social Science; Education / Teaching; Japan; Students & Student Life; Social Science / General; Anthropology - Cultural
Description: This text examines what the donning of uniforms says about the cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan. Drawing on specific examples, the book focuses particularly upon student uniforms.