The description of the project is below as well as a call for donations to the exhibition. Please forward or link this to any group or individual you think might have objects that would enhance this exhibition. Please consider cross-posting or linking to this post on your blogs. The direction of the exhibition will continue … Continue reading
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Evil, Women and the Feminine 2nd Global Conference
This international and interdisciplinary conference will commence tomorrow May 3rd and continue through May 5th. It is being held in Prague, Czech Republic. I was invited to present my research on the psychoanalytic interpretation of fashion shows by John Galliano and Alexander McQueen at this year’s conference. Unfortunately, I was ultimately unable to attend. I … Continue reading
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association: Subcultural Style and Identity
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 40th Annual Meeting Renaissance Grand Hotel St Louis, MO, USA March 31- April 3, 2010 Subcultural Style and Identity is a significant and influential component of contemporary fashion and dress. Information can be retrieved from the media, fashion, design, music, social, economic and other cultural histories, as well as sexuality. … Continue reading
CFP: The Western and World Cinema
Call for Papers : Ghost Riders : The (Cowboy) Western and World Cinema The western is one of Hollywood’s most recognizable genres. It was also, during its peak production years, one of the most profitable. It was widely exported throughout the world, and the icons of the western, the gun, the train, cowboy hats, and … Continue reading
CFP: Fashioning the Neo-Victorian. Iterations of the Nineteenth Century in Contemporary Literature and Culture
International Conference, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, 8-10 April 2010 keynote speakers: Prof Cora Kaplan (Queen Mary University of London), Dr Marie-Luise Kohlke (Swansea University), Prof Sally Shuttleworth (University of Oxford) The notion of the Neo-Victorian has become an increasingly common denominator for cultural products re-iterating Victorian culture. Sometimes a critical engagement but equally often a … Continue reading
Object of Fashion 