Research Catalog

Title

Dressing the resistance : the visual language of protest through history / Camille Benda ; foreword by Ane Crabtree.

Author

Benda, Camille

Publication

• Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

Crabtree, Ane

Description

216 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Summary

"Dressing the Resistance' explores how everyday people have harnessed the visual power of clothing, accessories and costume to spur social and cultural change. Throughout history, societies have used clothing to show acceptance and exclusion, convention and subversion, group belonging and rejection. In the same way, fashion, clothing, textiles and costume have served their own critical role in shaping protest movements throughout history. In short, clothing was often the most basic opportunity for groups to rebel: a simple, mundane item to express their discontent. American suffragettes made and wore dresses from old newspapers printed with voting slogans. British Punks took a humble safety pin from the household sewing kit, punched it through an earlobe and headed out to face a bleak post-war world. And male farmers in India wore their wives' saris while staging sit-ins on railroad tracks. With the advent of the Trump administration and the ensuing worldwide Women's March in January 2017, the #MeToo movement and #BlackLivesMatter, protest has again entered the American zeitgeist, this time with a stronger need for inspiration and action than ever before." --

Alternative Title

Visual language of protest through history

Subject

• Fashion > Social aspects
• Clothing and dress > Social aspects
• Fashion > Psychological aspects
• Clothing and dress > Psychological aspects
• Protest movements
• Social change

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (pages 208-210) and index.

Contents

Introduction: Clothing as canvas -- Part one : Status, class, dress. Power to the people: everyday dress as protest ; Shock the system: subculture and street style ; Strut your stuff: fashion and elite resistance -- Part two : Unity for change. Conform to survive: strength in numbers ; Rainbow warriors: color revolutions ; Military to militant: join the club -- Part three : Beyond clothing. Costume and rebellion: acting up, acting out ; Portable protest: hide and seek ; Skin and symbols: baring it all -- Conclusion.

Call Number

JQF 22-365

ISBN

• 9781616899882
• 1616899883

OCLC

1237350203

Author

Benda, Camille, author.

Title

Dressing the resistance : the visual language of protest through history / Camille Benda ; foreword by Ane Crabtree.

Publisher

Hudson, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographic references (pages 208-210) and index.

Added Author

Crabtree, Ane, author of foreword.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-365