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The 1990s was also time when more people began to value fashion as an intellectual form. [6] During this period, alternative fashion strategies become part of the commercial format. [7] Resistance to generally accepted fashion trends became one of the basic principles of fashion in the 1990s. [8]
This timeline of social nudity shows the varying degrees of acceptance given to the naked human body by diverse cultures throughout history. The events listed here demonstrate how various societies have shifted between strict and lax clothing standards, how nudity has played a part in social movements and protest, and how the nude human body is ...
1993 — Massive flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers kill 50 people and devastate the Midwest with $15–$20 billion in damage. 1993 — President Clinton signs 'Don't ask, don't tell' into law which prohibits gay or bisexual people from serving openly in the military. [1] 1994 — North American Free Trade Agreement goes in effect.
The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as "the '90s" or "the Nineties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1]
People in many countries dressed differently depending on whether they identified with the old Romanised population, or the new invading populations such as Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Visigoths. Men of the invading peoples generally wore short tunics , with belts, and visible trousers, hose or leggings.
Donald Brown's Human Universals was published [3] 1992. Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-While-Giving by Annette B. Weiner [4] 1994. Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club, by Anne Allison [5] 1995. In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio, by Philippe Bourgois
In less than 60 years, the Internet has become a mainstay in the way we work and live so much so that it's hard to imagine a time when our lives weren't consumed by cyberspace.
In much of Asia, traditional dress covers the entire body, similar to Western dress. [76] In stories written in China as early as the 4th Century BCE, nudity is presented as an affront to human dignity , reflecting the belief that "humanness" in Chinese society is not innate, but earned by correct behavior.