What's in your wardrobe Mr Morales: a study in political dress
Salazar Sutil, N (2009) What's in your wardrobe Mr Morales: a study in political dress Popular Communication: the international journal of Media and Culture, 7 (2).
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Abstract
This article explores the role of dress in popular political communication. My discussion focuses on the so-called ‘cultural democratic revolution’ led by Evo Morales, and the emergence of a ‘government in poncho and tie’, which aims at visualising a plurinationalist State in Bolivia. The strategic use of casual clothes and football shirts are examined as cases of political performativity in a developing Latin American democracy. What is the role of political dress in the formation of circles of political voters/fans? How does the electorate perceive Morales’ political imagery? How does an alternative styling of the democratic system problematise a more formal and uniform style of democratic leadership? Central to my argument is the notion that dress functions as a multi-layered language where different items of clothing reflect different narratives. In my view, Evo Morales has become a layered narrative through which histories and past knowledges are reflected in a ‘pluriform’ vestimentary style.
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Divisions : | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | ||||||||
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Date : | April 2009 | ||||||||
Identification Number : | 10.1080/15405700902776461 | ||||||||
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Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | ||||||||
Date Deposited : | 28 Mar 2017 13:49 | ||||||||
Last Modified : | 31 Oct 2017 15:07 | ||||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/789807 |
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