Reading Blue Jeans: Clothing & Culture
Catalogue Number: 200228
Producer: Learning Seed
Producing Agencies: Learning Seed
Subject: Consumer Studies, Family Studies/Home Economics, Gender Studies, Guidance, Health, Social Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: United States
Copyright Year: 2008
Running Time: 24:18
Closed Captions: Yes
Inscribed on every pair of jeans is the story of how a workmen's garment became one of the most universal fashions of the world. This program speaks about the interaction of culture and clothing and offers clues to who we are today because of it. Who invented jeans, and why blue? How did jeans help invent teenagers? What did people wear before jeans were around? This biography of the blue jean is the story of changing attitudes toward work, fashion, leisure and gender.
"Middle and high school consumer education and social studies classes will find this an interesting and useful film." - School Library Journal
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