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Chargement... Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear (2002)par Paul Fussell
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. importance of uniforms to society Maybe it's just me, but I am confused as to what relevance this book's subtitle has to its contents. 'Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear' surely implies a relationship between uniforms and human behaviour, yet this is the one idea that the author doesn't seem to have considered, or at least not at any great length. What one finds instead is a cobbled together mishmash of discrepant musings on the subject, consisting largely of detailed descriptions of the various uniforms under consideration. (Such vignettes are of course necessary if the reader is to understand what the author is talking about, but the problem of having to present so many boring details could easily have been obviated by the use of images, of which there are none!) And what are we to make of the author's condescension towards 'uniform enthusiasts'? Such an attitude emanating from the author of a book about uniforms is a tad hypocritical, is it not? The work is not entirely devoid of merit – there are many interesting nuggets scattered throughout its pages and from a purely linguistic perspective the text is very well written – but the positives are unfortunately outweighed by the negatives. I am left with a new appreciation of the subject, but I am also left feeling that there must be far better works I could have read instead. This is a collection of very short meanderings on the subject of uniforms by someone who used to know what he was talking about. Paul Fussell's [book:The Great War and Modern Memory] was a really good book. book:Class] was a pretty good book. The only reason I gave this book two stars was that I did finish it, and it gave me a chuckle or two. Had it not been a library book, I might have thrown it across the room a time or two or three, because of simple errors of fact. For example, the Army has not tucked its neckties between the second and third shirt buttons in my memory, which goes back at least as far as the introduction of Army green. Whether or not the Army Rangers are currently the only ones allowed to wear the black beret, I had one as a WAC in 1973. And the Girl Guides are not "now called Girl Scouts" -- they are still Girl Guides in England and Girl Scouts in the US as they have been from the beginning. When I find this many inaccuracies about things I do know about, it makes me loath to believe the statements Fussell makes about things I don't know about. Don't bother reading this, instead read [book:The Great War and Modern Memory], from which you may actually learn something. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from brass buttons to blue jeans, badges to feather flourishes -- revealing what our clothing says about class, sex, and our desire to belong. With keen insight and considerable curmudgeonly flair, Fussell unfolds the history and cultural significance of all manner of attire, fondly analyzing the roles that uniforms play in a number of communities -- the military, the church, health care, food service, sports -- even everyday civilian life. Uniforms is vintage Fussell: "revelatory, ribald, and irresistible" (Shirley Hazzard). Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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