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Setting Fires: Literary Women Blazing Trails For Contemporary Women, Laura Salinas
Setting Fires: Literary Women Blazing Trails For Contemporary Women, Laura Salinas
Senior Honors Projects
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim” — Nora Ephron
Literature has always provided an outlet for writers to express their commentary on society tracing from Shakespeare’s plays in the 1600’s to Jane Austen’s classic novels to the modern literary narrative. These writings are often more than just tales to entertain a crowd or a reader; they create dynamic characters that call into question the standards and expectations that society deems acceptable.
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has created an iconic and dynamic character that resists and challenges what it means to be a woman in terms …
The Fabrication Of Gender: Concept To Catwalk, Emily J. Pascoe
The Fabrication Of Gender: Concept To Catwalk, Emily J. Pascoe
Senior Honors Projects
Gender, as I have come to understand it, is a vast, variable and personal response to one’s society and culture. As an interpretation of one’s biological sex it is a prominent aspect in our lives. Because of this prominence, attributes of gender are revealed in many forms. In relevance to fashion gender is manifested visually. Traits of femininity, androgyny and masculinity are rendered in dress and appearance.
I have portrayed these traits by using editorial fashion images to create a visual gender continuum. Using images from a compilation of current fashion magazines, whose target consumers are either men or women, …