Open AccessSocial Functions of Clothes: Dress as an Object of Sociological Study
Author(s) -
Ирина Троцук,
Anastasia V. Morozova
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
observatoriâ kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2588-0047
pISSN - 2072-3156
DOI - 10.25281/2072-3156-2015-0-2-97-103
Subject(s) - clothing , semiotics , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , sociological theory , object (grammar) , epistemology , context (archaeology) , task (project management) , sociological research , key (lock) , social science , computer science , artificial intelligence , history , philosophy , engineering , archaeology , computer security , systems engineering , programming language
Addresses the key interdisciplinary approaches to the study of clothes as well as basic conceptual models of the sociological analysis of dress. The authors believe that in any sociological research, it is not reasonable to use just one approach and argue that a combination of diverse approaches optimised for a specific task matches better. Nevertheless, the semiotic approach offers the most interesting and effective tools for the interpretation of clothes’ functions and codes in a changing cultural and historical context.