Dress and Society

Contents -- Dress, Society, and the Process of Social Control -- Dress, Society, and the Novice Researcher -- Norms: The Rules We Live By -- Researching Norms: Gender, Group, and Otherwise, and Dress Codes -- Violation of Norms: Deviance -- Tattooers, Body Piercers, Cross-Dressers, Punks, Goths, and Other Norm Violators -- Recognition of Violation of Norms: The Fashion Police -- Research about Recognition of Norm Violation -- Report of Norm Violations: Spreading the Word -- Reading and Talking about Norm Violations -- Response to Violation of Norms: Sanction -- Sanctions: Name-Calling, Nicknames, Teasing, Ridicule, Detention, Suspension, Expulsion, and Termination from a Job -- Enforcement of Response to Norm Violation -- Research about Enforcement of Sanctions