SBS 3201: Gender Dress and Society

The study of theories related to appearance, clothing, and fashion, and their influences on  cultural identities, gender perceptions, and fashion product consumption. Examines  contemporary dress from cultures outside and within the United States. 

Dress is analyzed as a communication system that indicates individuality as well as position  within specific social systems of kinship, economy, religion, and polity. Technologies and types  of dress of a particular society are analyzed and understood as they link to patterns of behavior  such as beliefs about morality, hygiene, ritual, and beauty.