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A cultural history of school uniform

Title
A cultural history of school uniform / Kate Stephenson.
Author
Stephenson, Kate (Cultural historian)
Publication
  • Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2021.
  • ©2021

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Description
xi, 220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
In this cross-disciplinary work, Kate Stephenson presents the first comprehensive academic study of school uniform development in Britain as well as offering an analysis of the social and institutional contexts in which this development occurred. With recent debates around the cost, necessity and religious implications of school uniform and its (re)introduction and increasingly formal appearance in many schools, this book is a timely reminder that modern ideas associated with school uniform are the result of a long history of communicating (and disguising) identity.
Alternative Title
School uniform
Subject
  • Students > Great Britain > Uniforms > History
  • School children's clothing > Great Britain > History
  • School children's clothing
  • Students > Uniforms
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-211) and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Charity Schools 1552-1900 -- Early School Clothing -- Christ's Hospital -- Other Charity Schools -- Traditional Appearances -- Viewing Charity Children -- 2. The Public Schools 1800-1939 -- Sport and the Introduction of Uniform Clothing -- Creation of the Public School Ethos -- Uniform Design -- Collective Identity -- Emulation -- Harrow -- A Case Study -- 3. Public Schools for Girls 1850-1939 -- Early Girls' Schools and the Feminine Ideal -- Sportswear and Uniform -- Day Uniforms -- Formality and Conformity -- 4. Education for All 1860-1939 -- Middle-Class Secondary Education -- Elementary Education for the Working Classes -- Mixed Classes in Secondary Education -- 5. Fashion and Fancy Dress 1939 -- Present -- Post-War -- Dressing Up.
Call Number
JFE 21-5482
ISBN
  • 1905816537
  • 9781905816538
OCLC
1133126114
Author
Stephenson, Kate (Cultural historian), author.
Title
A cultural history of school uniform / Kate Stephenson.
Publisher
Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 2021.
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-211) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 21-5482
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