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Dress, law and naked truth : a cultural study of fashion and form / Gary Watt

Author
Watt, Gary
Published
London : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Copyright Date
©2013
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxii, 166 pages) : illustrations
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English.
Contents
Dress is law -- Foundations of the state of Dress -- Shakespeare on proof and fabricated truth -- The face the law makes -- Addressing the naked and unfolding the veil -- Something more comfortable: a fitting conclusion.
Summary
Why are civil authorities in so-called liberal democracies affronted by public nudity and the Islamic full-face 'veil'? Why is law and civil order so closely associated with robes, gowns, suits, wigs and uniforms? Why is law so concerned with the 'evident' and the need for justice to be 'seen' to be done? Why do we dress and obey dress codes at all? In this, the first ever study devoted to the many deep cultural connections between dress and law, the author addresses these questions and more. His responses flow from the radical thesis that 'law is dress and dress is law'. Engaging with sources from 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' to Shakespeare, Carlyle, Dickens and Damien Hirst, Professor Watt draws a revealing history of dress and civil order and offers challenging conclusions about the nature of truth and the potential for individuals to fit within the forms of civil life.
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9781472500458 (electronic bk.)
1472500458 (electronic bk.)
9781472500434
1472500431
1472544439
9781472544438
1472500423
9781472500427
9781472500427 (cloth)
1472500423 (cloth)
9781474223669
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text file
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160) and index.
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