Isabelle Held
Biographic Data
| ID | 9203584 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabelle Held |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Held |
| SIGNATURE | HELD I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pratt Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1521-930X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reshaping sex tech
By methodologically foregrounding silicone’s unique properties that appealed to individuals working within and outside of formal medical structures, this article closely examines the material and the ways in which different actors and overlapping networks in the US and Canada engaged with it from the 1970s onwards to shape technologies of gender and sexual expression. However, early access to silicone was not meted out equally. While silicone pro…
Redefining nude
In this article I critically examine the history of nylon stockings in the United States through the lenses of race and gender. Drawing on visual and material culture examples related to nylon and nude colours, I show how whiteness was standardized and presented as the unmarked norm. Employing an intersectional feminist approach, my archival research expands the narrative beyond these exclusionary practices, highlighting how in ensuing decades in…
John Waters
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Redefining nude
In this article I critically examine the history of nylon stockings in the United States through the lenses of race and gender. Drawing on visual and material culture examples related to nylon and nude colours, I show how whiteness was standardized and presented as the unmarked norm. Employing an intersectional feminist approach, my archival research expands the narrative beyond these exclusionary practices, highlighting how in ensuing decades in…
John Waters
Reshaping sex tech
By methodologically foregrounding silicone’s unique properties that appealed to individuals working within and outside of formal medical structures, this article closely examines the material and the ways in which different actors and overlapping networks in the US and Canada engaged with it from the 1970s onwards to shape technologies of gender and sexual expression. However, early access to silicone was not meted out equally. While silicone pro…
Art (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Cover story (1 work) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (1 work) · Environmental ethics (1 work) · Fashion and Cultural Textiles (1 work) · Foregrounding (1 work) · Gatekeeping (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)