Shaw's Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland - Volume II: Non-degree-awarding Bodies
Shaw's Academical Dress of Great Britain and Ireland - Volume II: Non-degree-awarding Bodies

Author: Nicholas Groves

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0992874009

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Academical dress has been worn by students and graduates for hundreds of years and even in these modern times shows no obvious sign of becoming obsolete. In addition to the distinctive robes granted by universities to their graduates, many other organisations, particularly musical colleges and societies, theological colleges and learned societies, specify hoods and gowns for their members, fellows and diplomates. This volume is a comprehensive guide to these robes, and a companion to the updated and expanded third edition of Dr George Shaw's classic work on the academical dress of British and Irish universities.

Academical Dress of British and Irish Universities
Academical Dress of British and Irish Universities

Author: George W. Shaw

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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Academical dress developed through a process of evolution and modification of ordinary, everyday wear. The gown or robe was the cloak of the medieval scholar and the hood was the head-cover. Academical dress has been worn by students and graduates for hundreds of years and even in this modern world shows no obvious sign of becoming obsolete. This book indicates the entire range of gowns, hoods, robes and caps worn by graduates and undergraduates of British and Irish universities, and a section is devoted to explaining their component parts.

Academic Dress in the University of Hertfordshire
Academic Dress in the University of Hertfordshire

Author: Bruce Christianson

Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781905313396

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There are many variations of academic dress. This book describes the different degrees and diplomas awarded by the University of Hertfordshire, along with the special gown, cap and hood associated with each award. It also contains a section on the distinctive costume prescribed for the university's Senior Officers.

Not Just Any Dress
Not Just Any Dress

Author: Sandra Weber

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780820461182

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If dresses could talk, what stories might they tell? This compelling collection of short stories, essays, and poems features dress as the structural grounding for autobiographical accounts from women's lives in Western society. Often personal in nature, these «dress stories» point unfailingly to matters of social and cultural import. Some of the dresses described inhabit the popular imagination: the little girl dress, the communion dress, the school uniform, the prom dress, the wedding dress, the little black dress, and the burial dress. Beyond the semiotic, tactile, and visual aspects of the dresses themselves, the narratives delve into what dresses reveal about fundamental aspects of human experience: identity, embodiment, relationship, and mortality. Bought or made, then worn, forgotten, remembered, re-constructed, and re-interpreted, each dress offers a new glimpse into how we construct meaning in our daily lives, and how dresses serve to reinforce or resist social structures and cultural expectations.

Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion
Walford's Guide to Reference Material: Social and historical sciences, philosophy and religion

Author: Albert John Walford

Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13: 9781856043694

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A revised and updated guide to reference material. It contains selective and evaluative entries to guide the enquirer to the best source of reference in each subject area, be it journal article, CD-ROM, on-line database, bibliography, encyclopaedia, monograph or directory. It features full critical annotations and reviewers' comments and comprehensive author-title and subject indexes. The contents include: philosophy and psychology; religion; social sciences, sociology, statistics, politics, economics, labour and employment; land and property, business organizations, finance and banking, and economic surveys; economic policies and controls, trade and commerce, business and management, and law; public administration, social services and welfare, education, customs and traditions; geography; biography; and history.

Fashion, Identity, and Power in Modern Asia
Fashion, Identity, and Power in Modern Asia

Author: Kyunghee Pyun

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-10-25

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 3319971999

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This edited volume on radical dress reforms in East Asia takes a fresh look at the symbols and languages of modernity in dress and body. Dress reform movements around the turn of the twentieth century in the region have received little critical attention as a multicultural discourse of labor, body, gender identity, colonialism, and government authority. With contributions by leading experts of costume/textile history of China, Korea, and Japan, this book presents up-to-date scholarship using diverse methodologies in costume history, history of consumption, and international trade. Thematically organized into sections exploring the garments and uniforms, accessories, fabrics, and fashion styles of Asia, this edited volume offers case studies for students and scholars in an ever-expanding field of material culture including, but not limited to, economic history, visual culture, art history, history of journalism, and popular culture. Fashion, Identity, and Power in Modern Asia stimulates further research on the impact of modernity and imperialism in neglected areas such as military uniform, school uniform, women’s accessories, hairstyles, and textile trade.