Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico

José Blanco F. is Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. He is the editor of The Meanings of Dress, 5th edition, and has contributed chapters in edited volumes including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published essays in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men’s Fashion, Dress, and The Journal of Popular Culture. Raúl J. Vázquez-López is an independent researcher. He has published extensively on Puerto Rican dress, costume, and fashion and presented on the topic internationally.

Introduction

Part 1: Puerto Rican Dress
1. Taíno Nation: Recovering Native Identities via Dress
2. Dressing the Jíbaros: Puerto Rican Peasants’ Clothing through Time and Space
3. Palante: The Young Lords Fashioning Resistance

Part 2: Puerto Rican Costume
4. Dress and Dance in Puerto Rico
5. The Santiago Apóstol Festival in Loíza
6. King Herod’s Masked Soldiers: The Festival de Máscaras de Hatillo

Part 3: Puerto Rican Fashion
7. Notes on the History of the Fashion Industry in Puerto Rico
8. From Traditions to Fantasy: The National Costume for Puerto Rican Miss Universe Contestants
9. Lost in Design: The Absence (Mostly) of Cultural Heritage in Puerto Rican Fashion Design

Epilogue

Bibliography
Index