Laura Summa
Biographic Data
| ID | 4514732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Summa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Summa |
| SIGNATURE | SUMMA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | William Paterson University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Who’s Reading? On Children’s Aesthetics and Parenting
There is space for children in philosophy. They are mentioned in debates over the rationality of love and in ethical and pedagogical debates on the nature of parenthood. There is also a field devoted to teaching philosophy to children. But there isn’t much discussion on children and aesthetics, on their aesthetic judgments and preferences, and on what it is like to build an aesthetic for children. There is virtually nothing on how children’s aest…
A Philosophy of Fashion Through Film
The question of whether movies can deliver philosophical content is a leading topic in the cognitive and analytic debate on film. But instead of turning to the well-trodden terrain of narrative and emotional engagement, this is the first time fashion and costume choices are analyzed to demonstrate how movies can be said to be doing philosophy. Considering how fashion and costumes can deliver the epistemic content of a film and act as a guidance t…
Touched by Fashion
Fashion is immediately associated with looks. Its popularity and its most consumerist sides thrive in our current culture of image, further highlighting the connection between fashion and an aesthetic that is quintessentially visual. While it is impossible to deny such a connection, this paper explores the relationship between fashion and touch and fashion and “feel”, two terms that, albeit related, deserve independent consideration. I will begin…
Fashion Sense
Journal Article Fashion Sense: On Philosophy and Fashion Get access Fashion Sense: On Philosophy and Fashion Gwenda-Lin Grewal. london: bloomsbury academic, 2022. pp. xxiv + 223.£24.50 (pbk) Laura T Di Summa Laura T Di Summa William Paterson University, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, ayac069, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayac069 Published: 1…
Analytic Approaches and Critical Practices
This article investigates the relationship between philosophical accounts of criticism, largely within the analytic tradition, and the practice of criticism. Specifically, I am interested in the performative, subjective, and often idiosyncratic nature of such a practice and in the advantages it can deliver in the understanding of works of mass art, in the inquiry over the nature of aesthetic judgments, and in initiating aesthetic appreciation. Pr…
The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures
A Philosophy of Fashion Through Film
The question of whether movies can deliver philosophical content is a leading topic in the cognitive and analytic debate on film. But instead of turning to the well-trodden terrain of narrative and emotional engagement, this is the first time fashion and costume choices are analyzed to demonstrate how movies can be said to be doing philosophy. Considering how fashion and costumes can deliver the epistemic content of a film and act as a guidance t…
The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures
Analytic Approaches and Critical Practices
This article investigates the relationship between philosophical accounts of criticism, largely within the analytic tradition, and the practice of criticism. Specifically, I am interested in the performative, subjective, and often idiosyncratic nature of such a practice and in the advantages it can deliver in the understanding of works of mass art, in the inquiry over the nature of aesthetic judgments, and in initiating aesthetic appreciation. Pr…
Fashion Sense
Journal Article Fashion Sense: On Philosophy and Fashion Get access Fashion Sense: On Philosophy and Fashion Gwenda-Lin Grewal. london: bloomsbury academic, 2022. pp. xxiv + 223.£24.50 (pbk) Laura T Di Summa Laura T Di Summa William Paterson University, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The British Journal of Aesthetics, ayac069, https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayac069 Published: 1…
Touched by Fashion
Fashion is immediately associated with looks. Its popularity and its most consumerist sides thrive in our current culture of image, further highlighting the connection between fashion and an aesthetic that is quintessentially visual. While it is impossible to deny such a connection, this paper explores the relationship between fashion and touch and fashion and “feel”, two terms that, albeit related, deserve independent consideration. I will begin…
Who’s Reading? On Children’s Aesthetics and Parenting
There is space for children in philosophy. They are mentioned in debates over the rationality of love and in ethical and pedagogical debates on the nature of parenthood. There is also a field devoted to teaching philosophy to children. But there isn’t much discussion on children and aesthetics, on their aesthetic judgments and preferences, and on what it is like to build an aesthetic for children. There is virtually nothing on how children’s aest…
A Philosophy of Fashion Through Film
The question of whether movies can deliver philosophical content is a leading topic in the cognitive and analytic debate on film. But instead of turning to the well-trodden terrain of narrative and emotional engagement, this is the first time fashion and costume choices are analyzed to demonstrate how movies can be said to be doing philosophy. Considering how fashion and costumes can deliver the epistemic content of a film and act as a guidance t…
Aesthetics (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Ethics, Aesthetics, and Art (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works)