This article examines discussions on the corset in illustrated press, text-book for girls, and medical advice literature reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876–1909). The argues that functioned as a cultural benchmark establishing terms Ottoman Muslim female sartorial decorum larger medicalized public debate modern indoor dress. Hamidian reformers responded to set intertwined but rather conflictin...

1 Samuel 28:14 describes the appearance of ghost Samuel, who, upon King Saul's request, was raised by a medium. We identify four key elements ghost's visage, all which relate to living or Saul, their relationship, and critique Saul foreshadow loss kingship his demise. The are: is an "old man," "coming up" from ground, "covered," covered "robe." Though there are many angelic divine encounters in...

Through close analysis of interwar French representations the pith helmet, both visual and textual, I trace array significations to which this single form material culture was harnessed as it moved between France Afrique Occidentale Française. Though born a vulnerability specific white, European bodies, headwear's distinctive, recognizable became an emblem imperial power for those same bodies. ...

A sartorial query language facilitates the formulation of queries to a (string) database. One step towards an implementation of such a query language can be taken by defining a logical formalism expressing a known solution for the particular problem at hand. The simplicity of the logic is a desired property, because the simpler the logic that the query language is based on, the more efficiently...

School playgrounds are critical arenas wherein children’s gender performances unfold, and ‘games’ of subordination or domination transpire. Theoretically predicated on Butlerian Baradian performativity approaches, this qualitative study analyses how children negotiate perform gender, exploring the material-discursive effects human non-human agents (e.g. football, sartorial elements) in their in...