Feminism and Fashion of the Twentieth Century

A Material Culture Study

Bibliographic Data

ID5779661
AuthorsMiranda Dicenzo (University of Rhode Island, corresponding author)
Year2018
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeTHESIS
PublisherUniversity of Rhode Island (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.23860/thesis-dicenzo-miranda-2018
OpenAlexW2809118981
LanguageEN
References cited17

While feminist literature clearly states the connection between clothing and feminism, there is a lack of material culture analysis to support the connection. This research utilizes material culture analysis-in this case, artifacts such as photographs, garments, and advertisements-to connect the ideology of feminism to its tangible and visible representation. Many fashion histories describe the period in which a garment was popular but offer little explanation about its corresponding political and social importance. This study includes histories of twentieth-century women's movements and correlating fashion culminating in an exhibition to bridge the gap between scholarly research from varying fields

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Bridge (graph theory · Clothing · Exhibition · Feminism · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Representation · Sociology · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · History · Law

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