| The Hunger Games trilogy focuses on the subjective implications of political exclusion, blurring together questions of representation, docility, and subjectivity. It concentrates on young adults who experience bare life and their subjective development. Collins' descriptions of Katniss' clothing draw attention the uniform's production of exclusion. Her analysis of Katniss' breakdown reveals the intimate relationship between attire, subjectivity, and the political. By controlling Katniss' appearance, the Capitol and the rebels produce her as docile and exclude her from the social.;This paper combines post-structuralist theory with children's literature to produce a method of analysis that encourages discussion of the child within politics. By centering on Collins' narrations of Katniss' attire, it argues that uniforms directly affect children's political development. Fusing together contemporary fashion analysts' examination of the body, Judith Butler's discussion of representational ethics, and Giorgio Agamben's analysis of homo sacer, this paper insists on the political power of dress. |
