Authors

1 PhD Student of Cultural Sociology, University of Tehran

2 PhD Candidate of Cultural Sociology, University of Tehran

Abstract

This article aims at finding different lifestyles of female clothing in Tehran. To this end, it describes women’s diverse types of clothing in different social and cultural environments. The main questions advanced in the article are about special lifestyles and logic of choosing clothes by women. The authors try to discover whether distinction, identity making or some kinds of primary functions such as protection, decoration, and chastity are considered the most important factors for women. To find answers, the authors conducted deep interviews with 40 female residents of Tehran and extracted their social positions and lifestyle in clothing. Based on these findings, the authors could distinguish nine different social types.

Keywords

Black, P. (2002) “Ordinary People Come Through Here: Locating the Beauty
Salon in Women’s Lives”, in Feminist Review 71: 2–17.
Bocock, R. (1381 [1993 A.D]), Masraf (Persian Translation of Consumption),
Translated by Xosro Saboori, Tehran: Entešârât-e Širâzeh.
Bourdieu, P. (1984)Distinction. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Bourdieu , P. (1380 [1994 A.D])Nazariye-ye Koneš; Dalâye-le Elmi va
Entexâb-e Aqlâni (Persian Translation of Raisons pratiques: sur la theorie
de l’action)Translated by Mortezâ Mardihâ, Tehran: Entešârât-e Naqšo
Negâr.
Eagleton ,T. (1381 [1991 A.D]), Moqadamei Bar Ideology (Persian Translation
of Ideology: An Introduction)Translated by Akbar Massombeygi,Tehran:
Našr-e Âgâh.
Entwistle, J.(2001) “The Dressed Body”, in J. Entwistle and E. Wilson
(eds)Body Dressing. Oxford: Berg.
Featherstone, M.(1991) “The Body in Consumer Culture”, in M. Featherstone,
M. Hepworth and B.S. Turner (eds)The Body, pp. 96-170. London: Sage.
Foucault, M.(1979)Discipline and Punish. Harmondsworth; Penguin.
Foucault, M (1378 [1995 A.D]), Morâqebat va Tanbih(Persian Translation of
Discipline and Punish: the birth of the prison), Translated from French by
Alan Sheridan, Tehran: Sâzmân-e Tabliqât-e Eslâmi.
Friedland, L. and others.(2007) “Capital, Consumption, Communication,
and Citizen ship: The Social Positioning of Taste and Civic Culture in the
United States”, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science 611 (1): 31-50.
Gibbins, J. (1381 [1990 A.D])Siyâsathâ-ye Modernit-e; Moqadamei bar
Siyâsathâ va Farhang-e Moâser (Persian Translation of The Politics
of Postmodernity: an Introduction to Contemporary Politics and
Culture)Translated by Mansoor Ansâri, Tehran: Entešarât-e Gâm-e NO.
Giddens, A. (1378[1991 A.D]) Modernit-e va Hoviyat-e Fardi; Xod va Jamee
Dar Dorân-e Modern-e Moteaxer(Persian Translation of Modernity and
Self Identity: self and society in the late modern age)Translated by Naser
Movafaqiyân, Tehran: Našr-e Ney.
Gilman, P. C. (2002) “The Dress of Women: A Critical Introduction to the
Symbolism and Sociology of Clothing”, Micheal R. Hill and mary Jo Deegan
(eds), Westport; GREENWOOD PRESS.
Gronow, J.(1997)The Sociology of Taste. London: Routledge.
Mauss, M.(1979)”Body Techniques”, in Sociology and Psychology, pp.
95–123.
Monoghan, L. (1999) “Creating The Perfect Body: A Variable Project”, in
Body& Society 5(2–3): 267–90.
Monoghan, L. (2000) Bodybuilding, Drugs and Risk. London: Routledge.
Negrin ,L.(2000)‘Cosmetics and the female body: A critical appraisal of
poststructuralist theories of masquerade’, in European Journal Of Cultural
Studies 3(1): 83–101.
Sassatelli , R.(1999a)”Interaction Order and Beyond: A Field Analysis of Body
Culture within Fitness Gyms”, in Body & Society 5(2–3): 227–48.
Southerton, D. (2001) “Consuming Kitchens: Taste, context and identity
formation”, in Journal of Consumer Culture, Vol 1(2): 179–203.
Sweetman , P.(1999) “Anchoring the (Postmodern)Self? Body Modification,
Fashion and Identity”, in Body & Society 5(2–3): 51–76.
Veblen, T. (1383 [1970 A.D]), Nazariye-ye Tabaqe-ye Moraffah (Persian
Translation of The Theory of the Leisure Class)Translated by Farhang Eršâd,
Tehran: Našr-e Ney.
Wacquant, L.(1995b) “Pugs at Work”, in Body & Society 1(1): 65–93.
Warde, A. Martens, L. And Olsen ,W.(1999) “Consumption and the problem
of variety: cultural omnivorousness,social distinction and dining out”, in
Sociology, Vol. 33 No. 1 February 1999, 105–127.
CAPTCHA Image