Gender & Identity
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Topic: Fashion for Men
Sort Desciption: A historical overview of mens fashion since c.1800 including J C Flugels theory of the Great. Masculine Renunciation. Key Texts ...
Content Inside: KINGSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN HISTORY BA (Hons) History of Art Architecture & Design Semester A Level 2 Claire Lomas FASHIONING GENDER & IDENTITY Contents: Introduction learning outcomes and assessment p. 2 Course Outline p. 3 Assessment requirements seminar presentation and essay brief p. 7 Additional Bibliography p. 8 1 Fashioning Gender & Identity It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible not the invisible - Oscar Wilde Introduction to unit This module considers the conditioning of the body and body image. In doing so it engages various discourses regarding the construction performance and representation of gendered ethnic and sexual identities. The representation of appearance and its projection through media and cultural production is a key theme of the module and provides the opportunity to engage different modes of representation such as film advertising fashion photography texts and magazines. In doing so the module focuses upon deployment of strategies of distinction and conformity in the performance identity. Learning Outcomes Express an appreciation of the role appearance has played in both previous and contemporary society with reference to changing modes of production and consumption. Demonstrate an awareness of how critical theories of disciplines such as sociology anthropology and art history have been used to explain and account for personal and group identities. Convey a knowledge of how ideologies of appearance and beauty circulate through cultural and media production. Demonstrate an awareness of the complex relationship of the self to society and some of the ways this has been explained. Assessment There are two formal assessment requirements for this module: a group presentation in weeks 7 & 8 (you are required to hand in your presentation notes) and an essay submission in week 12. Attendance class preparation and participation als ...
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