SOC 206 - Sociology of Fashion

Institution:

University of New England

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

We all wear clothes, but the fabrics we wear have meanings and functions that go far beyond covering our bodies. In fact, fashion speaks, and this class seeks to listen to, dissect, and understand its messages. This course in the sociology of fashion will examine the individual and social significance of fashion in both contemporary and historical settings. This class will draw on the sociology of culture, consumption, class, race, and gender. Among the topics to be included: social identities and fashion; presentation of self; sub-cultures and fashion; the history, adoption, and co-opting of fashion; race, class, gender, status and power in fashion: the maintenance, expression, and adaptation of social inequalities and hierarchies as they operate through fashion; and the business of fashion: clothing production and the global economy.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.une.edu/

Phone Number:

(207) 283-0171

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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