Editorial: The Uniform: Symbols of Power, Propaganda and Organization in Popular Culture

Abstract

<p>This Special Issue of<i> Clothing Cultures</i> (CC), ‘The Uniform: Symbols of Power, Propaganda and Organization in Popular Culture’, responded to a two-day symposium hosted by the Popular Culture Research Network at the University of New England on 20–21 April 2023.</p> <p>The symposium examined several ways wearing uniforms intersects with ideas of power, propaganda, organization, work, politics, education and lifestyle and how the uniform interacts with and sometimes frames – both positively and negatively – identity, class, gender, sexuality, nationalism, materiality and consumption. These concerns were further developed in response to geographical and cultural distinction, within daily life, and through representation across varied media platforms and genres.</p>