Uniforms : Why We Are What We Wear by Paul Fussell (2002, Hardcover, Teacher's edition)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

0618067469

9780618067466

2246258

Uniforms : Why We Are What We Wear

Paul Fussell

Hardcover

English

Fashion & Accessories, Fashion, General, Personality

2002

Textbook

Design, Psychology, Crafts & Hobbies, Social Science

224 Pages

9 in

0.6 in

5.5 in

15.2 Oz

Gt1900.F87 2002

Teacher's Edition

"Full of pugnacious observations and intellectual insights . . . Paul Fussell is back, and he's feisty as ever." --Rebecca Denton Bookpage "Fussell's funny, touching insights spring from an unmistakable compassion for people's need to feel 'the comfort and vanity of belonging.'" Publishers Weekly "I love a man in uniform! . . . Fussell embroiders on why we are what we wear." --Elissa Schappell Vanity Fair "Fussell turns his sharp eye and even sharper wit to the standardized dress..." --Time Out New York "...very smart, very funny..." --Malcolm Jones Newsweek "Perfect holiday gift for anyone who wears clothes -- and one size fits all." --James A Butler The Philadelphia Inquirer, Fussell's funny, touching insights spring from an unmistakable compassion for people's need to feel 'the comfort and vanity of belonging.'

Contents Acknowledgments ix A Thing About Uniforms 1 Colorful Tights for Men? 8 Sturdy Shoulders and Trim Fit 11 Russian Uniform Culture 16 The GermanWay 19 Are Italian Men More Vain than Others? 28 Admiral Zumwalt"s Big Mistake 30 Brass Buttons 35 Generals" Dress 38 Blue Jeans 48 The Rise and Fall of the Brown Jobs 53 Uniforms of the Faithful 65 Deliverers 80 Transportationists 85 Police and Their Impersonators 93 Why Aren"t Grave Violations of Taste Impeachable Offenses, Too? 97 Youth on the Musical March 100 Doorpersons, etc. 105 The Pitiable Mis'ts of the Klan 110 Uniforms of the Sporting Life 113 Stigmatic Uniforms 121 Weirdos 126 Ernest Hemingway, Semi-Weirdo 132 Uniformity in American Higher Learning 136 Japan as a Uniform Culture 140 Academic Full Dress 142 Pretties 146 Chefs in Their Whites 153 The Nurses" Revolt 156 Little Sailor Suits, and an Addendum on Sloppery 159 Uniforming the Scouts and Others 162 Women"s Nuptial Uniform 167 Broad-Brimmed Hats 170 Civilian Uniformities 174 Keepsakes 183 Notes Toward the Reader"s Own Theory of Uniforms 186

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