Acts of undressing : politics, eroticism, and discarded clothing

Summary: "The act of undressing has a multitude of meanings, which vary dramatically when this commonly private gesture is presented for public consumption. This ground-breaking book explores the significance of undressing in various cultural and social contexts. As we are increasingly obsessed with dress choices as signifiers of who we are and how we feel, an investigation into what happens as we remove our clothes has never been more pertinent. Divided into three main sections, 'Politics', 'Tease' and 'Clothes Without Bodies', Acts of Undressing discusses these key themes through an in-depth and eclectic mix of case studies including flashing at Mardi Gras, the World Burlesque Games, the ripping of uniforms in the Star Trek television series, and 'shoefiti' used by gangs to mark territories. Building on leading theories of dress and the body, from academics including Roland Barthes and Mario Perniolato Ruth Barcan and Erving Goffman, Acts of Undressing is essential reading for students of fashion, sociology, anthropology, visual culture and related subjects."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781472596185 (paperback)
ISBN: 9781472596192 (hardback)
ISBN: 9781472596208 (online)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 pages).
remote
access
Publisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [124]-141) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction Chapter 1: Private Acts, Public Display -- Chapter 2: Narrative Tease: Neo-burlesque and Storytelling through Striptease -- Chapter 3: 'Where the Garment Gapes': The Eroticism of Intermittence -- Chapter 4: Deviance and Disruption: Streaking, Mooning and Flashing -- Chapter 5: Make Love, Not War: Conflict, Resistance and the Revolutionary Body -- Chapter 6: Abandoned Clothes: Separating Dress from Body Conclusion Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Also issued in print.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement.