TFND125P
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Fear and (C)loathing: Tyranny in Dress
Course Title
Fear and (C)loathing
Course Long Title
Fear and (C)loathing: Tyranny in Dress
Course Typically Offered
FS - Fall & Spring
Min Credit Hours
1
Description
Disfigurement, ornamentation, modesty,
transmission of signals, strong cruelties and
multilations figure prominently in the ceaseless
change of body coverings. Will masks be forever
linked in our minds to
contagium and death forgetting their long history
of association with modesty, as a welcome refuge
in anonymity , a 'false' face, shame, carnival or
licentiousness?
This course takes a look at body coverings,
adornments, physical alterations, and the cultural
differences that influence how we dress and
understand the coded signals being transmitted
with out words.
transmission of signals, strong cruelties and
multilations figure prominently in the ceaseless
change of body coverings. Will masks be forever
linked in our minds to
contagium and death forgetting their long history
of association with modesty, as a welcome refuge
in anonymity , a 'false' face, shame, carnival or
licentiousness?
This course takes a look at body coverings,
adornments, physical alterations, and the cultural
differences that influence how we dress and
understand the coded signals being transmitted
with out words.