Blend In

Borrow Authority

Carry Authority

Gather Dust In The Attic

Legitimize

uniform

lawsuit

lawyer

dad joke

suit

one-liner

authority

Burger King

ambition

fashion

Spider-Man

Walmart

Black Friday

theft

Target (store)

is look-a-like apparel (e.g., football jerseys, army khaki, monks' robes and business suits) donned by team players so as to minimize whatever remains of their former identities.

Lookalike apparel (e.g., football jerseys, army khaki, monks' robes and business suits) donned by team players so as to minimize whatever remains of their former identities.

is not everything --- it's the man that's the cowboy not the outfit he wears.

It's the man that's the cowboy not the outfit he wears.

, in Japan, is a tangible symbol of the ability of the enormous and extensive politico-economic structures to shape bodily practices, and by implication, subjectivity and behavior.

Uniforms, defined as tangible symbols of the ability of the enormous and extensive politico-economic structures to shape bodily practices, and by implication, subjectivity and behavior, are notable because, as examples of material culture, they are utilized on a massive scale on a daily basis.

, in Japan, is a socializing instrument used to instill a sense of solidarity with a particular unit or figure.

uniforms fulfill two basic interrelated purposes. First, they act as socializing instruments because they are used to instill a sense of solidarity, esprit de corps, identification with a particular unit, or identification with some figure.

Japan

social solidarity

solidarity

Japanese culture

, in Japan, is a way to identify and position social actors in various hierarchies, units, occupations and gender categories.

The second purpose of uniforms as agency is as material cultural markers; they identify and position social actors in various hierarchies, units, occupations and gender categories.

social system

, in Japan, is a way for outsiders to make quick and convenient classification, as a way of knowing who does what and what role a person performs.

The second function of uniforms is for those outside the group (soto). Outsiders may rely on uniforms as a means of quick and convenient classification, as a way of knowing who does what, of what role a person performs and in this sense uniforms act as a type of tatemae, an agreement about what appearances signify.

, in Japan, is a means by which age distinctions, sex-specific differences and gender norms are inculcated.

Uniforms also inculcate, via design, the importance of age distinctions and sex-specific differences and encourage genderizing and its many concomitant norms.

uniform, n.All

uniform