Fashioning Politics and Protests

New Visual Cultures of Feminism in the United States

Emily L. Newman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XV, 265 Seiten

2024 | 2023
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-16229-9 (ISBN)

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Through meticulous examinations, this book analyzes how women update their identities and articulate their feelings through clothing and art in protests, politics in the United States in the 20th century. Topics explored include the suffragists and their impact on contemporary art, the significance of the red dress in both The Handmaid's Tale and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement, the impact of the Miss America protests, the rising popularity of the pantsuit for women, the recent dominance of the pussyhat, and the way that feminist slogans are disseminated on t-shirts. Movements discussed include craftivism, hashtag culture, feminism, the CROWN act, Pantsuit Nation, socially-committed stores, and more. Interdisciplinary and intersectional at its core, addressing numerous areas, including fashion, sociology, visual culture, art history, feminism, and popular culture; Fashioning Politics and Protests uncovers how women continue to use visual means, exploredvia their clothing, to change the world.

Emily L. Newman is Associate Professor of Art History at Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA. Her research concerns intersections of modern and contemporary art history, popular culture, fashion, and the female body exemplified by her latest book, Female Body Image in Contemporary Art: Dieting, Eating Disorders, Self-Harm, and Fatness (2018).

1. Introduction: I Will Not Be the Last.- 2.Redress the Red Dress.- 3. CROWNing a New Kind of Miss America.- 4. When Women Wear the Pants.- 5.What's New Pussyhat?.-6.Epilogue: The Future is Female ... and Intersectional, Gender-Fluid, and Unexpected.-7.Postscript: November 7, 2022

"The book remains useful for those wishing to investigate the link between New Social Movements, fashion, and commerce. ... The book will be of use to those interested in the relationship of social media in enabling community and international mobilization, participation in New Social Movements and social change." (Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne, Fashion Theory, April 4, 2024)

Erscheinungsdatum	15.03.2024
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Fashion and the Body
Zusatzinfo	XV, 265 p. 32 illus., 28 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
Schlagworte	ART • Fashion • Feminism • Miss America • MMIW • pantsuit • Politics • Protests • pussyhat • Suffragists
ISBN-10	3-031-16229-3 / 3031162293
ISBN-13	978-3-031-16229-9 / 9783031162299
Zustand	Neuware