Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens

José Blanco F. is Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. He is editor of The Meanings of Dress, 5th edition, and has contributed chapters in edited volumes including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published essays in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men's Fashion, Dress, and The Journal of Popular Culture.

Raúl J. Vázquez-López is an adjunct instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. His research emphasis is on the production and consumption of Puerto Rican cultural symbols and fashion. Raúl has published several articles and book chapters on Puerto Rican dress, costume, and fashion and along with his husband, José, recently co-authored the book Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico. He has also co-edited two special issues on Latin American Fashion for Fashion, Style and Popular Culture and published a co-authored the chapter “Globalized Masculinities in Latin American National Costumes” for The Intellect Handbook of Men's Fashion. He has extensive experience developing and marketing textbooks in a variety of fields.

Joanne B. Eicher was Regents Professor Emerita at the University of Minnesota. Joanne was Editor-in-Chief, Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion (Bloomsbury and OUP); Series Editor, Dress, Body, Culture (Bloomsbury) and Dress and Fashion Research (Bloomsbury); Editor, Global Trade and Cultural Authentication: The Kalabari of the Niger Delta; and Co-Author, The Visible Self (Fairchild); Dress and Gender (Berg); Dress and Ethnicity (Berg); Beads and Beadmakers (Berg); Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride (National Geographic); and a wide variety of published articles in professional journals and chapters in books.