ANTH 1001 Lecture 8: Anthro9

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1001
• Professor: Kristin Bright

Document Summary

Ronald barthes: draw on work of the linguist ferdinand de saussure, barthes examines the fashion system, investigated only the discourse about clothing, the way clothing is discussed and written about in fashion magazines. Red in other countries means danger, as indicated by its use in traf c signals. In other context, red symbolizes blood, killing and death. In turkey, red is a traditional color of the wedding dress. Clothing and socialization: the process by which sociocultural norms and ways of being are learned or taught by their parents, teachers, other institutions. Clothing and identity: there is a difference between the clothing worn by children and worn by adults, in many culture one can tell by her clothing if a woman is marriageable, marred, or widowed. Clothing constraints as fashionable: uniforms suggest both cultural constraint (being forced to conform to the cultural norm or ideal, medieval armour protected the wearer from swords, knives and lances, but cost him agility,