Gender Identity and The Body

INDICATIVE CONTENT :

Gender Identity and The Body :

1. Constructions of masculinity and feminity
2. Drag and social appearance
3. Stereotypes

KEYWORDS :

Gender issues, Masculinity, Femininity, Definitions of Gender, Stereotyping, Transgression, Trans-sexuality, race and identity, Hollywood celebrity, Fame.

Learning Outcomes

LO1.        Use a variety of primary and secondary research methods to source a wide range of academic material relevant to an essay;

LO2.       Make critical judgements about the work of previous and current practitioners in their subject/discipline and related areas of practice;

LO3.       Recognise the potential of new developments and influences on creative practice;

LO4.       Write a rigorously structured and well researched academic essay which conforms to Harvard conventions of referencing.

Learning resources

Essential Reading:

1. Barnard, M., 2007, Fashion Theory: A Reader, London: Routledge.
2. Evans, C., 2003, Fashion at the Edge, New Haven: Yale University.
3. Riello, G and McNei, P., 2010, The Fashion History Reader, London: Routledge.
4. Welters, L and Lillethun, A., 2007, The Fashion Reader, Oxford: Berg.

Recommended Reading:

1. Baudelaire, C., 1972, The Painter of Modern Life (Selected Writings on Art and Artists), London: Penguin.
2. Blum E, D., 2011, Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion, New Haven: Yale University.
3. Boucher, F., 1996, A History of Costume in the West, London: Thames and Hudson.
4. Harrison, C and Wood, P., 2000, Art in Theory l900 – 1990: An Anthology of Changing Ideas, London: Wiley-Blackwell.
5. Hebdige, R., 1997, Subcultures: The Meaning of Style, London: Routldege.
6. Hollander, A., 1993, Seeing Through Clothes, Berkley:University of California.
7. Honour, H and Fleming, J., 1992, A World History of Art, London: Macmillan.
8. Lehmann, U., 2000, Tigersprung: Fashion in Modernity, Cambridge MA: MIT.
9. Laver, J., 1969, A Concise History of Costume, London: Thames and Hudson.
10. Peacock, J., 2003, The Chronicle of Western Costume, London: Thames and Hudson.
11. Rieff Anawalt, P., 2003, Worldwide History of Dress, London: Thames and Hudson.
12. Steele, V., 1997, Fashion Theory, Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, vol. 5(2).
13. Taylor, L., 2001, The Study of Dress History, Manchester: Manchester University.
14. Taylor, L., 2004, Establishing Dress History, Manchester: Manchester University.
15. Tortora, P and Eubank, K., 2010, Survey of History of Costume (5^th Ed.) New York: Fairchild.
16. Wilcox, C., 2001, Radical Fashion, London:Victoria and Albert.

Additional resources that students should do

to read the national (broad sheet) press on a regular basis.

to visit specialist museums and exhibitions.