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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Morna Laing (Parsons Paris, France)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts ISBN: 9781350214385ISBN 10: 1350214388 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 26 January 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Introduction PART I 2. Fashion Photography and Gender 3. Childlike Femininity: A History of Feminist Critique 4. Between Image and Spectator: Reception Studies as Visual Methodology PART II 5. The Romantic Woman-child, Lost from Home 6. Fashion's Femme-enfant-fatale: Surrealism, Curiosity and Alice in Wonderland 7: Rewriting Lolita in Fashion Photography 8: Kinderwhore: From Catwalk to Slutwalk Post-script: Looking Backwards to Look Forwards Bibliography Index Appendix 1. Participant DemographicsReviewsThis fascinating book centres on a paradox in visual culture: why do contemporary messages of female empowerment sit alongside a proliferation of images of childlike femininities? Examining magazine fashion spreads over 25 years, Picturing the Woman-Child offers a compelling analysis of four figures and the ways they are understood. * Rosalind Gill, City, University of London, UK * Morna Laing's nuanced and layered analysis of childlike femininities in fashion imagery is eye-opening. She weaves together a compelling theoretical, historical, and visual analysis, offering the reader a new perspective on and a deeper understanding of these pervasive cultural depictions of women. * Jennifer Farley Gordon, independent researcher, writer and curator, USA * This fascinating book centres on a paradox in visual culture: why do contemporary messages of female empowerment sit alongside a proliferation of images of childlike femininities? Examining magazine fashion spreads over 25 years, Picturing the Woman-Child offers a compelling analysis of four figures and the ways they are understood. --Rosalind Gill, City, University of London, UK Morna Laing's nuanced and layered analysis of childlike femininities in fashion imagery is eye-opening. She weaves together a compelling theoretical, historical, and visual analysis, offering the reader a new perspective on and a deeper understanding of these pervasive cultural depictions of women. --Jennifer Farley Gordon, independent researcher, writer and curator, USA Author InformationMorna Laing is Assistant Professor in Fashion Studies at The New School, Parsons Paris, France. She is the co-editor, with Jacki Willson, of Revisiting the Gaze: The Fashioned Body and the Politics of Looking (Bloomsbury, 2020). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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