Picturing the Woman-Child
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Picturing the Woman-Child

Fashion, Feminism and the Female Gaze

Morna Laing

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Picturing the Woman-Child

Fashion, Feminism and the Female Gaze

Morna Laing

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About This Book

The childlike character of ideal femininity has long been critiqued by feminists, from Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir. Yet, women continue to be represented as childlike in the western fashion media, despite the historical connotations of inferiority. This book questions why such images still hold appeal to contemporary women, after three, or even four, waves of feminism. Focusing on the period of 1990–2015, Picturing the Woman-Child traces the evolution of childlike femininity in British fashion magazines, including Vogue, i-D and Lula, Girl of my Dreams. These images draw upon a network of references, from Kinderwhore and Lolita to Alice in Wonderland and the femme-enfant of Surrealism. Alongside analysis of fashion photography, the book presents the findings of original research into audience reception. Inviting contemporary women to comment on images of the 'woman-child' provides an insight into the meaning of this figure as well as an evaluation of theory on the 'female gaze'. Both scholarly and accessible, the book paves the way for future studies on how readers make sense of fashion imagery.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Year
2021
ISBN
9781350059603
Edition
1
Topic
Design
Subtopic
Fashion Design

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    Citation styles for Picturing the Woman-Child

    APA 6 Citation

    Laing, M. (2021). Picturing the Woman-Child (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2106954/picturing-the-womanchild-pdf (Original work published 2021)

    Chicago Citation

    Laing, Morna. (2021) 2021. Picturing the Woman-Child. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/2106954/picturing-the-womanchild-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Laing, M. (2021) Picturing the Woman-Child. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2106954/picturing-the-womanchild-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Laing, Morna. Picturing the Woman-Child. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.