Brownie, Barbara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4101-1326, 2013, Journal Article, Dressing down: Costume, disguise and the performance of ordinariness Clothing Cultures, 1 (1). pp. 45-57. ISSN 2050-0742
Abstract or Description: | Disguise - the substitution of one identity for another - is a deliberate act of construction, and an elimination of self. Through costume, signs of self are concealed and erased, and in their place appears an apparently complete alternative identity. Although dress is typically aspirational, reflecting a desire to imitate those of higher socioeconomic status, this article observes that there are occasions on which it is desirable to use costume to reduce status, and to escape the perceived pressures and responsibilities of social or economic power. In trans-status disguise, it is necessary to abandon all outward indicators of individuality and status: to perform ordinariness. |
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Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/cc.1.1.45_1 |
Subjects: | Other > Social studies > L300 Sociology Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W230 Clothing/Fashion Design |
School or Centre: | School of Communication |
Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1386/cc.1.1.45_1 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | disguise, costume, identity, performance |
Date Deposited: | 14 Dec 2022 16:43 |
Last Modified: | 14 Dec 2022 16:43 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/5194 |
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