This article explores how women interpreted everyday clothing practices and decoration of their body and how they positioned themselves in diff erent social milieus during the period of socialist Slovenia (1945–1991). The new socialist... more
This article explores how women interpreted everyday clothing practices and decoration
of their body and how they positioned themselves in diff erent social milieus
during the period of socialist Slovenia (1945–1991). The new socialist middle class in
Slovenia and Yugoslavia was defi ned by participation in a lifestyle, created and expressed through consumption and behaviors that turned everyday life into a symbolic
display of taste and cultural distinction. This article shows the ways women engaged
in self-expression and negotiated dressing up. It analyzes the self-emancipation of
women as they challenged the boundaries of social hierarchies on the basis of selftransformations, pointing out the active role that women had in their self-positioning
in social categories.
The rationale for hosting hallmark events- whether site, area or regional in scale- has been located within the fourth era of World Fairs, running from the early 1960s, namely ‘the city of renewal ’ (Hall, 1992: 29). London2012 is no... more
The rationale for hosting hallmark events- whether site, area or regional in scale- has been located within the fourth era of World Fairs, running from the early 1960s, namely ‘the city of renewal ’ (Hall, 1992: 29). London2012 is no exception to this now 50 year trajectory, which has hardened in recent years towards major cities hosting and bidding
