List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgments 1 Understanding Uniform: An Introduction - Jane Tynan and Lisa GodsonPart One: Uniforming Political Movements2 The Public Order Act: Defining Political Uniform in 1930s Britain - Annebella Pollen3 Revolutionary Culture, Girl Power, and the Red Guard Uniform During the Chinese Cultural Revolution - Li LiPart Two: Uniforming Institutions4 Uniform Adoption in English Public Schools, 1830-1930 - Kate Stephenson5 Dissolving Vatican Uniform Hegemony: The Marist Road to Dress Freedom - William J. F. KeenanPart Three: Uniforming Leisure6 Fashionably Rational: The Evolution of Uniformed Leisure in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain - Geraldine Biddle-Perry7 Uniformity in Fashion Practices During the Modernization Period in Turkey - F. Dilek HimamPart Four: Uniforming Workers8 Uniforming the Corporate Body in the City of London - Samira Guerra9 A Cast of Thousands: Martin Grant and the New Qantas Uniform - Prudence BlackPart Five: Uniforming Fashion10 Overalls: Functional, Political, Fashionable - Djurdja Bartlett 11 Utility Chic: Where Fashion and Uniform Meet - Jane TynanPart Six: Uniforming the Military12 Military Uniform and Lethal Targeting in International Law on Armed Conflict - Amin Parsa13 Military Uniforms and Women in the Ulster Defence Regiment - Stephen HerronConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Uniform: Clothing and Discipline in the Modern World examines the role uniform plays in public life and private experience. This volume explores the social, political, economic, and cultural significance of various kinds of uniforms to consider how they embody gender, class, sexuality, race, nationality, and belief. From the pageantry of uniformed citizens to the rationalizing of time and labour, this category of dress has enabled distinct forms of social organization, sometimes repressive, sometimes utopian. With thematic sections on the social meaning of uniform in the military, in institutions, and political movements, its use in fashion, in the workplace, and at leisure, a series of case studies consider what sartorial uniformity means to the history of the body and society.Ranging from English public school uniform to sacred dress in the Vatican, from Australian airline uniforms to the garb worn by soldiers in combat, Uniform draws attention to a visual and material practice with the power to regulate or disrupt civil society. Bringing together original research from emerging and established academics, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, design, art, popular culture, anthropology, cultural history, and sociology, as well as anyone interested in what constitutes a "modern" appearance.

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