ENGL 265 - Social Identity and Dress in the United States

3 Credits

Fall, Spring
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 102. Clothing is a medium for fashioning identities. As a result, there is an inseparable link between cultures, aesthetics, power, and dress. In this course, students will explore how `dressed bodies¿ are tools affecting the ways in which the social world and power relations are organized and structured, with a particular focus on the United States. Clothing is a medium for fashioning identities. As a result, there is an inseparable link between cultures, aesthetics, power, and dress. In this course, students will explore how dressed bodies are tools affecting the ways in which the social world and power relations are organized and structured, with a particular focus on the United States.