What's Behind the Fetishism of Japanese School Uniforms?

The author examines the pre-occupation with the school uniform in Japan. She traces the conceptual history of the uniform in Japan: from its first inception as military apparel through its associated with the post-war avant-garde homoeroticism- biker gangs its reappearance in the oeuvre exploiting t...

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Published inFashion theory Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 215 - 237
Main Author Kinsella, Sharon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.06.2002
Subjects
Clothes
Fashion
Humanities
Identity
Japan
Modernism
National identity
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Summary:The author examines the pre-occupation with the school uniform in Japan. She traces the conceptual history of the uniform in Japan: from its first inception as military apparel through its associated with the post-war avant-garde homoeroticism- biker gangs its reappearance in the oeuvre exploiting the Lolita complex till finally arriving at the media obsession with high-school girls in uniform in the 1990s. Revisiting the original values attached the Japanese military-style uniform in the Meiji period sheds necessary light on the deeper meaning of a reasons for contemporary uniform fetishism, she says.
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ISSN:1362-704X
1751-7419
DOI:10.2752/136270402778869046