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THE EFFECT OF CLOTHING AS A MARKER ON IDENTITY
THE EFFECT OF CLOTHING AS A MARKER ON IDENTITY

Author(s): Mehmet Ada ÖZDİL
Subject(s): Nationalism Studies, Sociology of Culture, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Motif Halk Oyunları Eğitim ve Öğretim Vakfı
Keywords: Identity; symbol; clothing; components of identity; ethnicity;

Summary/Abstract: One of the codes used by individuals to define their identity and convey it to others is clothing. Clothing, which is an instrument that can draw symbolic boundaries between people, must have a strong link between individuals’ real social identities and externally perceived hints in order to be read in common by observers. The major problem to be investigated in this research is to analyze the relationships between identity and clothing, which have been going on since ancient times and will continue in the future. In order to understand these relationships, a theoretical framework needs to be established, and a broad, holistic perspective on the social dimensions of clothing should be developed. The main purpose of this article was to draw on the relationship between clothing and major components of identity. Based on the fact that alternative clothing codes transform those who wear certain clothes into effective symbolic subjects in terms of directing them to a certain behavior politically, culturally, and socially, it was analyzed that this subject constitutes the basis of class struggle.

  • Issue Year: 14/2021
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 117-130
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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