Almond, Kevin (2012) Masquerade in Clubland. In: Music Fashion and Fantasy. Costume Society Study Day, 20th October 2012, London College of Fashion. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
In this article, I examine social performances framed in photographs of the diverse, glamorous, and camp world of night clubbers, particularly those at Suzy Mason’s nightclubs in England. The cross gender dressing clubbers include a diversity of drag queens and others who play with gender boundaries and camp within a safe environment of the club. My investigation of masquerade and glamour in their self-presentations concerns notions of what constitutes the self and how the self is visually presented. My analysis contrasts the alluring persona presented in a club environment with the stigmas associated with the marginalized persona presented in everyday life. The club-goers’ glamorous veneer often masks the suffering they endure in their day-to-day lives. Following Judith Butler’s (1990) theory of gender, I explored the idea that the presentation of the gendered self is essentially a social performance constructed to communicate a physical and sartorial message.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament |
Schools: | School of Art, Design and Architecture |
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Depositing User: | Kevin Almond |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2012 11:40 |
Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2018 13:01 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/15738 |
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