In this paper we examine the dress of execution victims. Executions provide both the convict and the state with an opportunity to claim honor and respectability. Drawing on newspaper accounts of executions conducted between 1840 and 1940, we demonstrate that convict attire reveals an important tension between the convicts' gendered character claims and the efforts by execution managers to arrange a credible execution. But whereas displays of masculinity reinforce more than challenge the propriety of executions, women's femininity displays challenge not only the propriety of executions, but also the respectability of those tasked with their killing. We conclude that the subversive potential of clothing is found not only in the garments themselves, nor only on the wearers' intentions, but also on the institutional settings in which they are presented.

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为死亡而着装：绞刑架上的性别、尊重和抵抗

在本文中，我们研究了处决受害者的着装。处决为罪犯和国家提供了获得荣誉和尊重的机会。根据报纸对 1840 年至 1940 年间处决的报道，我们证明了罪犯的着装揭示了罪犯的性别性格主张与处决管理者为安排可信处决所做的努力之间的重要张力。但是，虽然男性气质的展示不仅强化了对处决正当性的挑战，但女性的女性气质展示不仅挑战了处决的正当性，而且挑战了执行死刑的人的体面。我们得出结论，服装的颠覆性潜力不仅体现在服装本身，也不仅仅体现在穿着者的意图上，