Over a century after Noli Me Tangere was written, this study reexamines the role of clothing in Rizal’s novel — how sartorial choices reveal character, embody colonial hierarchies, and function as instruments of both conformity and subversion in a self-conscious colonial society. Stephanie Maria R. Coo’s reading opens up new meanings for those who know the novel, while also introducing newcomers to the culture of social posturing and colonial tension that Rizal rendered through dress.

L 26.5 x W 21.5 x H 1.70 cm