0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history

Buy Now

Dress, Law and Naked Truth - A Cultural Study of Fashion and Form (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R3,339
Discovery Miles 33 390
Dress, Law and Naked Truth - A Cultural Study of Fashion and Form (Hardcover, New): Gary Watt

Dress, Law and Naked Truth - A Cultural Study of Fashion and Form (Hardcover, New)

Gary Watt

Series: The WISH List

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R3,339 Discovery Miles 33 390 | Repayment Terms: R313 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days

This 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.

General

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The WISH List
Release date: August 2013
First published: October 2013
Authors: Gary Watt
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-4725-0042-7
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Law & society
Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Costume, clothes & fashion
Promotions
LSN: 1-4725-0042-3
Barcode: 9781472500427

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Land Is Ours - Black Lawyers And The…
Tembeka Ngcukaitobi Paperback  (11)
R400 R369 Discovery Miles 3 690
Rule Of Law - A Memoir
Glynnis Breytenbach, Nechama Brodie Paperback  (2)
R320 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900
Lawfare - Judging Politics In South…
Michelle Le Roux, Dennis Davis Paperback R320 R286 Discovery Miles 2 860
Law in American History, Volume III…
G. Edward White Hardcover R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250
The Federal Courts - An Essential…
Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer, … Hardcover R1,890 Discovery Miles 18 900
A Guide to Oral History and the Law
John A. Neuenschwander Hardcover R2,830 Discovery Miles 28 300
Civil Society in China - The Legal…
Karla W Simon Hardcover R2,939 Discovery Miles 29 390
Confessions of Guilt - From Torture to…
George C. Thomas III, Richard A. Leo Hardcover R1,755 Discovery Miles 17 550
Shadow Nations - Tribal Sovereignty and…
Bruce Duthu Hardcover R1,378 Discovery Miles 13 780
The Oxford Handbook of the U.S…
Mark Tushnet, Sanford Levinson, … Hardcover R4,216 Discovery Miles 42 160
Genocide Denials and the Law
Ludovic Hennebel, Thomas Hochmann Hardcover R3,284 Discovery Miles 32 840
A History of Civil Litigation…
Frank J. Vandall Hardcover R3,093 Discovery Miles 30 930

See more

Partners