Functions of dress : tool of culture and the individual /
Penny Storm
- New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 1987
- 358 p. : il. ; 24 cm
Part I. Intrinsic functions of dress : Chapter 1. Adornment ; Natural resources and climate ; Purpose ; Corporal adornment ; Piercing ; External adornment : Chapter 2. Utility, convenience and protection ; Convenience ; Ordering the environment ; Fertility chrms and developmental aids ; Repelling evil ; Afterlife and the dead ; Physically enabling dress ; Physical protection : Chapter 3. Modestity ; Habit ; Shifting erogenous zones ; Modestity variables , Nudity -- Part II. Communicative functions of dress : Chapter 4. Communication ; Medium of communication ; Perception ; Dres Symbols : Chapter 5. Roles ; Effect on the individual ; Situatuional influence ; Sex roles ; Age roles ; Occupational roles ; Lifestyle ; Ceremoneial dress : Status ; Status symbols in industrialized societies ; Imitative nature of fashion ; prestige symbosl ; Power signals ; Status and gender ; Status and age ; Social distance -- Part III. Sociological functions of dress : Chapter 7. Social class ; Rigid clas systems ; Open class systems ; Fashion dissemination ; Social mobility ; Upper class symbols ; Spending power and motivations : Chapter 8. Economics ; Subsistence economies ; Barter economies ; Centreally Planned economies ; Market economies ; Mass production ; Mass marketing ; Economic conditions ; Dissemination of economic resources ; Personal dress expenditures ; Textile industry and international trade : Chapter 8. Government ; Mantaining or changing the social order ; Forms of government ; Reflecting international relationships ; Political leaders ; Politicla symbosl ; Political rebellion ; Revolution ; War ; Shmptuary legislation : Chapter 10. Religion ; Sacred dress ; Dress in major religions ; Religious sumptuary laws ; Morality and body exposure M Norms of morality ; Moral conformity -- Part IV. Psychological functions of dress : Chapter 11. Individual development ; The self-concept ; Motivation : Chapter 12. Group dynamis ; Cultural learnings ; Fashion: collective behavior ; Aesthetics: Collective taste ; Group dynamis : Chapter 13. Bahavior ; Congruence of behavior to dress ; Psych-physio factors ; Social participation : Chapter 14. Issues and applications ; Values, interests, and attitudes ; Integration and differentiation