Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico (Hardcover)
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2025
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Hardcover. Analyzing dress, costume, and fashion in Puerto Rico, this collection utilizes case studies that explore national identity and nation formation as well as past and current practices in Puerto Rican visual culture.As the last Spanish-speaking colony with an ever-growing diaspora, Puerto Rico presents a unique opportunity to study national identity and nation formation through dress and fashion. In Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico, Jose Blanco F. and Raul J. Vazquez-Lopez combine new material and previously published essays that review diverse aspects of visual culture in Puerto Rico. The book is divided into three sections that define and redefine the terms "dress", "costume", and "fashion" through case studies that include the resurgence of native Taino imagery, the Young Lords resistance through dress, the iconic Jibaro peasants, festival and dance costumes, and the fashion of Puerto Rican Miss Universe contestants. This much-needed addition to the literature around fashion in Latin America offers incisive and informed discussion for students and scholars of dress and fashion, identity, Latin American studies, and all those interested in the history and visual culture of this fascinating country. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico (Hardcover)
- Author
- Jose Blanco F.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1350341924
- ISBN 13
- 9781350341920
Analyzing dress, costume, and fashion in Puerto Rico, this collection utilizes case studies that explore national identity and nation formation as well as past and current practices in Puerto Rican visual culture.
As the last Spanish-speaking colony with an ever-growing diaspora, Puerto Rico presents a unique opportunity to study national identity and nation formation through dress and fashion. In Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico, José Blanco F. and Raúl J. Vázquez-López combine new material and previously published essays that review diverse aspects of visual culture in Puerto Rico.
The book is divided into three sections that define and redefine the terms "dress", "costume", and "fashion" through case studies that include the resurgence of native Taíno imagery, the Young Lords' resistance through dress, the iconic Jíbaro peasants, festival and dance costumes, and the fashion of Puerto Rican Miss Universe contestants.
This much-needed addition to the literature around fashion in Latin America offers incisive and informed discussion for students and scholars of dress and fashion, identity, Latin American studies, and all those interested in the history and visual culture of this fascinating country.
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About the Author
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.
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