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A Study on Costumes of Subcultural Communities expressed in American Police Procedurals

  • Journal of Communication Design
  • Abbr : JCD
  • 2020, 73(), pp.587-602
  • DOI : 10.25111/jcd.2020.73.42
  • Publisher : CDAK Society of Communication Design
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Design > Visual Information Design > Information Design
  • Received : September 10, 2020
  • Accepted : October 27, 2020
  • Published : October 31, 2020

Rhew, Soohyeon 1

1한국방송통신대학교 생활과학과

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ABSTRACT

Subculture communities that repeatedly appeared in 4 american police procedurals(CSI: NY, Bones, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Castle) that have been successful for more than five years since 2000 were selected. The formal characteristics and internal meanings of the costumes of the vampirism, preppie, hacker, and homeless people were analyzed. Vampirism usually wear makeup similar to vampires and wear black punk looks and goth look-like outfits. It was expressed in anti-social and sensual images through garments and accessories of resistant messages and costumes that reveal the human body sensually. Preppie was expressed in elite and status-symbolic images by wearing school uniforms or Ivy League-style costumes with prominent school emblems. Hacker showed practical and infantile images by continuing to wear clothes that he usually wore in infancy or mainly wearing clothes of practical casual style because he lacked social skills and had a lot of time to work alone in front of a computer. The homeless showed mismatch and poor images, expressed as a combination of unsanitary and incomplete costumes by recycling discarded clothes caused by difficulties in normal economic life due to exclusion from society. The results of this study provide an opportunity to understand the various subculture groups in recent years, and the analysis results of their costumes can provide drama costume designers with basic data on the costume design of similar characters.

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