Fashioning Brazil : globalization and the representation of Brazilian dress in National Geographic / Elizabeth Kutesko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kutesko, Elizabeth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing and dress--Brazil.

Clothing and dress.

Fashion--Social aspects--Brazil.

Fashion.

Fashion--Social aspects.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xv, 197 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2019.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Fashioning Brazil and Brazilian Self-Fashioning p. 1

Global Dress Cultures p. 4

What is Brazilian Dress? p. 5

National Geographic: Identification and Distance p. 8

The Contact Zone p. 9

Auto-Ethnography p. 11

Readdressing Scholarship on National Geographic p. 12

Looking, Touching, Feeling p. 14

Snapshots p. 15

Organization of Chapters p. 17

Part 1 Brazilian Dress In National Geographic p. 23

2 Anthropophagy: The First Hundred Years of Brazilian Dress in National Geographic p. 25

The Representation of Brazil in National Geographic Over One Hundred Years p. 28

Snapshot 1 The Maku Woman's "Old Piece of Cloth," April 1926 p. 29

Seeing and Feeling p. 33

Portraiture and Ethnography p. 35

Snapshot 2 Paulista Women's White Sportswear, October 1942 p. 38

Black and White p. 40

Identification and Difference p. 42

Snapshot 3 The Cinta Larga Women's Black Body Paint, September 1971 p. 45

Civilizado and Savage p. 47

Western and Brazilian Anthropology p. 49

Dress and Body p. 50

Clothed and Naked p. 55

3 Recycled Aesthetics: Globalization and the Representation of Brazilian Dress in National Geographic since 1988 p. 59

The Representation of Brazil in National Geographic since 1988 p. 62

Beyond the Yellow Border: A Heightened Phenomenology of Contact p. 63

Snapshot 4 Djaui's Red T-shirt and Adidas Shorts, December 1988 p. 67

Fluid and Fixed p. 69

Touching and Feeling p. 71

Light and Dark p. 72

Local and Global p. 73

Vogue and National Geographic p. 74

Snapshot 5 The Afro-Brazilian Girl's Lycra Top and Denim Jeans, August 2002 p. 76

African-American and Afro-Brazilian p. 78

White and Black p. 79

Traditional and Contemporary p. 81

Brazilian Lycra and Western Fashion p. 83

4 The Space In-Between: Brazilian Fashion in National Geographic since 2001 p. 87

Snapshot 6 The Yanomami Boy's Gaze at the National Geographic Photographer's Clothing, September 2001 p. 91

Academia and Commerce p. 93

Fashioned and Self-Fashioning p. 95

Western Fashion and Ethnic Dress p. 97

Snapshot 7 Bianca Marque's Bikinis and Victor Denzk's Dresses, September 2011 p. 98

Snapshot 7a Bianca Marque's Bikinis in the Magazine, September 2011 p. 102

Snapshot 7b Victor Denzk's Dresses on the Website, September 2011 p. 107

Print and Digital Media p. 108

Fiction and Reality p. 110

Part 2 Holding Up A Mirror To National Geographic p. 113

5 Misplaced Ideas: Brazilian Dress as Reflected in the First Ten Years of National Geographic Brasil p. 117

Misplaced and Displaced p. 121

The Representation of Brazil in National Geographic Brasil Over a Decade p. 122

Snapshot 8 The Mayongong Man's Rawhide Bag and Cotton Loincloth, July 2000 p. 124

Distance and Intimacy p. 126

Snapshot 9 Louren90 Loy's Red-and-White Bandana and Gold Medallion, February 2003 p. 128

African Past and Angolan Present p. 129

Local and Global Hip-Hop Cultures p. 131

Empathy and Otherness p. 132

Snapshot 10 The Japanese-Brazilian Women's Cotton Yucata and Wooden Geta, June 2008 p. 135

Japanese Past and Brazilian Present p. 136

Ceremonial Dress and Everyday Clothing p. 137

6 Mundialization: Brazilian Dress in National Geographic Brasil, August 2013 p. 142

Snapshot 11 Guarani-Kaiowá Dress, August 2013 p. 145

The Tekoha p. 146

Snapshot 11a The Guarani-Kaiowá Woman's "Feliz Natal" T-shirt and Polyester Skirt in the Magazine p. 147

Objectivity and Subjectivity p. 149

Individual and Communal Dress p. 151

Magazine Page and Digital Screen p. 153

Snapshot 11b Ava Tape Rendy'i's Cargo Shorts and Western-style Shirt on the iPad p. 155

Snapshot 11c Ava Tape Rendy'i's Headdress on Film p. 157.

ISBN:

135002659X

9781350026599

OCLC:

1014131223