Updated syllabus through end of unit 2 (10/20)

10/11 Race

• Good Hair documentary (MyCourses)
  
• Kelley, “Nap Time: Historicizing the Afro.”(Packet/OCRA)
• Kaiser and McCullough, “Entangling the Fashion Subject Through the African Diaspora.” Fashion Theory 14.3: 361-386. (Packet/OCRA)
  
• Picton, John. “What to Wear in West Africa” from Black Style (Packet/OCRA)
  

10/13 Ethnic/“Traditional” Dress

(Remember how some—like Hollander—claimed that ethnic dress was not fashion?)

• America’s Next Top Model Cycle 13, episode 9. “Let’s Go Surfing”

Ideally, watch the whole episode, but if you’re pressed for time (and seriously, you really don’t want to watch ANTM?! Really?!) make sure you see the entire photo shoot and critique. On youtube, this is the last minute or so of part 3, parts 4 and 5.)

(link 1)

OR (link 2, ESPECIALLY: part 3, minute 8:50, and parts 4 and 5). ONLINE

• and article. ONLINE

• Parezo, Nancy J. “Indian Fashion Show” from Unpacking Culture. Packet/OCRA
• Hoganson, Kristen. “The Fashionable World: Imagined Communities of Dress.” EMAIL
• Leshkowich & Jones. “What Happens When Asian Chic Becomes Chic in Asia?” from Fashion Theory 7.3/4 (2003): 281-300. OCRA

*Photo assignment #5

10/18 Class and Labor

• Wilson, Elizabeth. "The Fashion Industry" from Adorned in Dreams. Packet/OCRA
• Veblen. “Conspicuous Consumption.” Packet/OCRA
• Made in L.A. documentary, streaming on MyCourses.
• Marx, Karl. “Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret.” Fashion Theory Reader p347-350. Packet/OCRA
• Johanna Blakley TED talk on copyright. ONLINE

10/20 Size, Age, and other Things about Bodies

• “The Anthropometry of Barbie” from Deviant Bodies. OCRA
• “Beauty Privilege.” (see also this article) ONLINE
• Read through the blog entries on fat-positivity at yrwelcome ONLINE
• LeBesco, Kathleen. “Revolution on a Rack” from Revolting Bodies? 65-73. OCRA(pending)
  
• check out http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com/
  

*Photo assignment #6