Bulletproof Fashion

In the context of gun proliferation and persistent gun violence in the United States, a controversial security strategy has gained public attention: bulletproof fashion. This book examines concerns about security focusing on armored clothing and accessories for civilians.

Barbara Sutton is a Professor in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. She is interested in body politics, multiple forms of violence, and intersecting inequalities, among other sociological issues. Her book Bodies in Crisis: Culture, Violence, and Women's Resistance in Neoliberal Argentina (2010) received the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize from the National Women's Studies Association. She is also the author of Surviving State Terror: Women's Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina (2018), which received Honorable Mentions for the Distinguished Book Award by the American Sociological Association Sex & Gender Section and for the Marysa Navarro Book Prize by the New England Council of Latin American Studies. She co-edited the book Security Disarmed: Critical Perspectives on Gender, Race, and Militarization with Sandra Morgen and Julie Novkov (2008) and Abortion and Democracy: Contentious Body Politics in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay with Nayla Luz Vacarezza (2021).

1. Security and the Fashion of Fear 2. Emotions and Security 3. Emotions and the Commercialization of Bulletproof Fashion 4. Aesthetics of Security: Emotions, Bodies, and Bulletproof Fashion 5. Feeling and Thinking about Bulletproof Fashion: Stakeholders' Perspectives Conclusion