ESW Open Seminar Series
CIRCY
Monday 8th July, 5pm
Room (TBA), Fulton
Speaker
Dr Jane Pilcher, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology,
University of Leicester
presents:
Clothing Altercations: The politics of children’s clothing
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In this seminar, Dr Pilcher focuses on the recent politics
of children’s clothing, which has emerged in the context
of wider anxieties about the ‘crises of childhood’ in
contemporary consumer societies. Girls’ fashions have
especially been at the forefront of concerns voiced by
adults about what clothes contemporary cohorts of
children wear, and where.
Dr Pilcher will discuss a range of evidence of concern
about children’s clothing, including examples from popular
culture, formal governance and corporate businesses.
She will also examine the interpersonal politics between
parents and children as to what gets bought, worn and
where.
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This seminar can be joined remotely by logging on to:
https://connectpro.sussex.ac.uk/circy_pilcher8jul13
This seminar will also be recorded and available to view retrospectively
at:
www.sussex.ac.uk/education/newsandevents/events/seminarscurrent