Elise Van Der Laan
Biographic Data
| ID | 159197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elise Van Der Laan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elise |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Laan |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER LAAN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Structure, Strategy and Self in Cultural Peripheries: Theorizing the Periphery in the Polish and Dutch Fashion Fields
This article analyzes the creation of value in (semi-)peripheral fields, using interview (N=94) and ethnographic data of creatives, models and cultural intermediaries in Polish and Dutch fashion. Drawing on field theory and center-periphery theories we show that these peripheral fields have a distinct structure-peripheral worlds-marked by the dependence on foreign centers for goods, standards and consecration, in which actors employ field-specifi…
Gender models: Changing representations and intersecting roles in Dutch and Italian fashion magazines, 1982-2011
This article presents a comparative content analysis of gender representation in fashion magazines in Italy and the Netherlands. Updating Goffman’s classic study of Gender Advertisements, we study the intersections of gender, professional role, country and time in media representation. Thus, we combine and confront quantitative content analysis with insights from critical gender studies on polysemy and intersectionality. Analyzing a sample of 584…
Creating aesthetic, institutional and symbolic boundaries in fashion photo shoots
This study proposes a ‘bottom-up’, micro-sociological analysis of cultural production. Drawing on detailed observations of fashion photo shoots and interviews with fashion professionals in the Netherlands, we analyse how the division between ‘high’ (editorial) and ‘low’ (commercial) culture is produced in the fashion field. Our ethnographic analysis complements structuralist or institutionalist approaches like Bourdieu’s field theory, that assume…
How aesthetic logics shape a cultural field: Differentiation and consolidation in the transnational field of fashion images, 1982-2011
Vogueand the possibility of cosmopolitics: Race, Health and Cosmopolitan Engagement in the Global Beauty Industry
This article explores the possibility of cosmopolitics, using the global magazine franchise Vogue as our starting point. Drawing on Saito's conceptualizations of cosmopolitanism, we investigate whether Vogue promotes cosmopolitan engagement, which we define as promotion of human diversity, cultural omnivorousness and cosmopolitics. Our analysis focuses on racial diversity and health, two moral issues recently addressed by Vogue itself. We present…
Inconspicuous dressing: A critique of the construction-through-consumption paradigm in the sociology of clothing
Based on ‘wardrobe interviews’, this article studies how young Dutch men dress themselves. We argue that existing sociological studies of clothing have gone too far in emphasizing the symbolic aspects of clothing and have not paid sufficient attention to the role of routines and rules in daily dressing. Moreover, we find that young Dutch men dress rather inconspicuously, and are hardly interested in using clothes as a tool in ‘postmodern’ identit…
How aesthetic logics shape a cultural field: Differentiation and consolidation in the transnational field of fashion images, 1982-2011
Inconspicuous dressing: A critique of the construction-through-consumption paradigm in the sociology of clothing
Based on ‘wardrobe interviews’, this article studies how young Dutch men dress themselves. We argue that existing sociological studies of clothing have gone too far in emphasizing the symbolic aspects of clothing and have not paid sufficient attention to the role of routines and rules in daily dressing. Moreover, we find that young Dutch men dress rather inconspicuously, and are hardly interested in using clothes as a tool in ‘postmodern’ identit…
Gender models: Changing representations and intersecting roles in Dutch and Italian fashion magazines, 1982-2011
This article presents a comparative content analysis of gender representation in fashion magazines in Italy and the Netherlands. Updating Goffman’s classic study of Gender Advertisements, we study the intersections of gender, professional role, country and time in media representation. Thus, we combine and confront quantitative content analysis with insights from critical gender studies on polysemy and intersectionality. Analyzing a sample of 584…
Vogueand the possibility of cosmopolitics: Race, Health and Cosmopolitan Engagement in the Global Beauty Industry
This article explores the possibility of cosmopolitics, using the global magazine franchise Vogue as our starting point. Drawing on Saito's conceptualizations of cosmopolitanism, we investigate whether Vogue promotes cosmopolitan engagement, which we define as promotion of human diversity, cultural omnivorousness and cosmopolitics. Our analysis focuses on racial diversity and health, two moral issues recently addressed by Vogue itself. We present…
Structure, Strategy and Self in Cultural Peripheries: Theorizing the Periphery in the Polish and Dutch Fashion Fields
This article analyzes the creation of value in (semi-)peripheral fields, using interview (N=94) and ethnographic data of creatives, models and cultural intermediaries in Polish and Dutch fashion. Drawing on field theory and center-periphery theories we show that these peripheral fields have a distinct structure-peripheral worlds-marked by the dependence on foreign centers for goods, standards and consecration, in which actors employ field-specifi…
Creating aesthetic, institutional and symbolic boundaries in fashion photo shoots
This study proposes a ‘bottom-up’, micro-sociological analysis of cultural production. Drawing on detailed observations of fashion photo shoots and interviews with fashion professionals in the Netherlands, we analyse how the division between ‘high’ (editorial) and ‘low’ (commercial) culture is produced in the fashion field. Our ethnographic analysis complements structuralist or institutionalist approaches like Bourdieu’s field theory, that assume…
Inconspicuous dressing: A critique of the construction-through-consumption paradigm in the sociology of clothing
Based on ‘wardrobe interviews’, this article studies how young Dutch men dress themselves. We argue that existing sociological studies of clothing have gone too far in emphasizing the symbolic aspects of clothing and have not paid sufficient attention to the role of routines and rules in daily dressing. Moreover, we find that young Dutch men dress rather inconspicuously, and are hardly interested in using clothes as a tool in ‘postmodern’ identit…
Vogueand the possibility of cosmopolitics: Race, Health and Cosmopolitan Engagement in the Global Beauty Industry
This article explores the possibility of cosmopolitics, using the global magazine franchise Vogue as our starting point. Drawing on Saito's conceptualizations of cosmopolitanism, we investigate whether Vogue promotes cosmopolitan engagement, which we define as promotion of human diversity, cultural omnivorousness and cosmopolitics. Our analysis focuses on racial diversity and health, two moral issues recently addressed by Vogue itself. We present…
Creating aesthetic, institutional and symbolic boundaries in fashion photo shoots
This study proposes a ‘bottom-up’, micro-sociological analysis of cultural production. Drawing on detailed observations of fashion photo shoots and interviews with fashion professionals in the Netherlands, we analyse how the division between ‘high’ (editorial) and ‘low’ (commercial) culture is produced in the fashion field. Our ethnographic analysis complements structuralist or institutionalist approaches like Bourdieu’s field theory, that assume…
How aesthetic logics shape a cultural field: Differentiation and consolidation in the transnational field of fashion images, 1982-2011
Gender models: Changing representations and intersecting roles in Dutch and Italian fashion magazines, 1982-2011
This article presents a comparative content analysis of gender representation in fashion magazines in Italy and the Netherlands. Updating Goffman’s classic study of Gender Advertisements, we study the intersections of gender, professional role, country and time in media representation. Thus, we combine and confront quantitative content analysis with insights from critical gender studies on polysemy and intersectionality. Analyzing a sample of 584…
Structure, Strategy and Self in Cultural Peripheries: Theorizing the Periphery in the Polish and Dutch Fashion Fields
This article analyzes the creation of value in (semi-)peripheral fields, using interview (N=94) and ethnographic data of creatives, models and cultural intermediaries in Polish and Dutch fashion. Drawing on field theory and center-periphery theories we show that these peripheral fields have a distinct structure-peripheral worlds-marked by the dependence on foreign centers for goods, standards and consecration, in which actors employ field-specifi…
Fashion and Cultural Textiles (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works)