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dc.contributor.authorWatt, Gary
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T14:52:51Z
dc.date.available2022-10-14T14:52:51Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifierONIX_20221014_9781472500458_65
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/58734
dc.description.abstractThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe WISH List
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAnthropology
dc.titleDress, Law and Naked Truth
dc.title.alternativeA Cultural Study of Fashion and Form
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.5040/9781472544438
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy066d8288-86e4-4745-ad2c-4fa54a6b9b7b
oapen.relation.isbn9781472500458
oapen.relation.isbn9781472500434
oapen.imprintBloomsbury Academic
oapen.pages166
oapen.place.publicationLondon


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