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Fashion and a critique of cultural identity: the implication for art education

Huang, Li Ti

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2004, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Art Education.
The purpose of the thesis is to explore contemporary fashion culture through literature in terms of the concept of style and the expression of individual identity. Contemporary fashion culture conveys aesthetic, cultural, and social values. In the twentieth century, fashion culture has had a great influence on individuals through everyday life. The concept of style relates to the fashion business and cultural perspectives because it is used as a metaphor to express the concept of individual identity through fashion images. Fashion business concerns the operation of style through fashion cycles and fashion forecast. The concept of style in terms of cultural perspective, concerns the relationship between culture and the expression of individual identity. Both the business and cultural perspectives are the force of the construction of lifestyle through fashion. Fashion culture is part of visual culture because it is primary circulated by fashion images such as photography and advertisement through mass media. Fashion image conveys aesthetic, cultural, psychological, and social ideologies and values. Thus, it has great impact on the ways in which individuals perceive their identity through the ideologies of fashion images. The study of fashion culture has not yet been integrated into the field of art education. Part of the reason for this lack of integration results from a concern about whether fashion is art or not. I propose fashion culture should be taught in art education by using art interpretation because this method conveys educational and aesthetic values. The method of art interpretation and the disruptive method are applied to the practice of interpretation of fashion image in order to support teaching of fashion culture as a contribution to visual culture education. The implication of contemporary fashion culture for the art education lies in its values on art, culture, and education, and how this content can be taught through art appreciation. Suggestions for studying fashion are discussed as contention with the movement of visual culture or art education.
Patricia L. Stuhr (Advisor)
Terry A. Barrett (Committee Member)
99 p.

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  • Huang, L. T. (2004). Fashion and a critique of cultural identity: the implication for art education [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407141397

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Huang, Li. Fashion and a critique of cultural identity: the implication for art education. 2004. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407141397.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Huang, Li. "Fashion and a critique of cultural identity: the implication for art education." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1407141397

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