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Masked : Anonymity, Empowerment, and Identity in Fashion and Popular Culture.

Bloomsbury Collections: Fashion 2026 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burton, Laini.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Masks in art.
Fashion--Social aspects.
Fashion.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2026.
Summary:
Examines the mask to determine its place in the evolution of twenty-first century fashion, identity politics, performance and popular culture.
Contents:
Cover
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Face as mask as face
First Nations Masks
1 The Historical Mask
The Carnival Mask: A Precursor
The Mask of Angst
The Mask at Masquerade
2 Late Twentieth-Century Experiments
Leigh Bowery: Vanguard Masker of the Twentieth Century
The Couture Mask: Martin Margiela andWalter Van Beirendonck
3 The Spectacle of Anonymity
Björk
Ye (Kanye) West
Sia
Lady Gaga
4 Future Proofing The Face
Facial Recognition Technologies: Your FaceDoes Not Belong to You
The Mask of Justice: #BLACKLIVESMATTER and Masked Protest
The Mask as a Health Measure and Climate Sensing Tool
5 The Digital Mask
Filters and Fakery
Deepfakes
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
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ISBN:
9781350236189
OCLC:
1591753888

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