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(Un)modelling Gender: Models zwischen Mode und Gesellschaft

(Un)modelling gender: Models between fashion and society
[journal article]

Giannone, Antonella

Abstract

Als Technology of Gender im Sinne von Teresa de Lauretis (1988) steht Modeln im Zeichen des kulturell konstruierten und gesellschaftlich ausgetragenen Weiblichen. Gerade im Kontext dieses geschlechtlich so deutlich markierten Handlungsraums werden gegenwärtig Genderstereotype dekonstruiert und Ident... view more

Als Technology of Gender im Sinne von Teresa de Lauretis (1988) steht Modeln im Zeichen des kulturell konstruierten und gesellschaftlich ausgetragenen Weiblichen. Gerade im Kontext dieses geschlechtlich so deutlich markierten Handlungsraums werden gegenwärtig Genderstereotype dekonstruiert und Identitäten infrage gestellt. Dieser Beitrag fokussiert aus modetheoretischer Perspektive auf die kulturelle Rolle des Models. Er setzt sich mit der These auseinander, dass es zu einer prägenden "Sozialfigur der Gegenwart" im Sinne von Stephan Moebius und Markus Schroer (2010) geworden ist. Als solche adressiert das Model durch seine breit aufgefächerte, intertextuelle bzw. intermediale Präsenz grundlegende Fragen bezüglich der gegenwärtigen Relation zwischen Mode und Identitätskonstruktionen.... view less


As a technology of gender under Teresa de Lauretis’s 1988 definition, fashion modelling can be considered as a field in which the female has traditionally been culturally constructed and socially staged. Nevertheless, modelling is currently turning into a practice in which gender stereotypes can be ... view more

As a technology of gender under Teresa de Lauretis’s 1988 definition, fashion modelling can be considered as a field in which the female has traditionally been culturally constructed and socially staged. Nevertheless, modelling is currently turning into a practice in which gender stereotypes can be deconstructed and each identity formation can be questioned and challenged. The article assumes that fashion models have become central social figures of the present time, that is collective, intermedial and intertextual figures who address structural questions around the relationships between fashion and identity construction.... view less

Keywords
fashion; role model; body; femininity; stereotype; identity; gender role

Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature

Free Keywords
Model

Document language
German

Publication Year
2018

Page/Pages
p. 54-69

Journal
GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 10 (2018) 3

Issue topic
Mode und Gender

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/gender.v10i3.05

ISSN
2196-4467

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0


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