Uniforms
Uniforms: why we are what we wear Paul Fussell
Publisher: Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.
ISBN: 0618067469
DDC: 391
LCC: GT1900
Summary:
"From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns,
Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history
and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language
and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on the American
scene, he holds up a mirror to the folks who head off to work each
morning in regulated clothing and charts the fault lines of the
desire for conformity and individuality. In examining the way
uniforms unite and divide us, he ranges over the globe, describing,
among other things, the Russian love of shoulder boards, the German
obsession with black, and the Italian enthusiasm for feathered
military hats. According to Fussell, we are what we wear, and
sometimes our get-ups say surprising things. Uniforms is vintage
Fussell -- a blend of vinegar and grace, of keen cultural insight and
hilarious wit, equal parts spoof and illuminating social analysis."
-- BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
A Thing About Uniforms -- Colorful Tights for Men? -- Sturdy
Shoulders and Trim Fit -- Russian Uniform Culture -- The German Way
-- Are Italian Men More Vain than Others? -- Admiral Zumwalt's Big
Mistake -- Brass Buttons -- Generals' Dress -- Blue Jeans -- The Rise
and Fall of the Brown Jobs -- Uniforms of the Faithful -- Deliverers
-- Transportationists -- Police and Their Impersonators -- Why Aren't
Grave Violations of Taste Impeachable Offenses, Too? -- Youth on the
Musical March -- Doorpersons, etc. -- The Pitiable Misfits of the
Klan -- Uniforms of the Sporting Life -- Stigmatic Uniforms --
Weirdos -- Ernest Hemingway, Semi-Weirdo -- Uniformity in American
Higher Learning -- Japan as a Uniform Culture -- Academic Full Dress
-- Pretties -- Chefs in Their Whites -- The Nurses' Revolt -- Little
Sailor Suits, and an Addendum on Sloppery -- Uniforming the Scouts
and Others -- Women's Nuptial Uniform -- Broad-Brimmed Hats --
Civilian Uniformities -- Keepsakes.
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