Study on Fashion and Power：Objectified Female Bodies in fashion history_英语论文

摘要

女性身体在女性权力争夺的战争中有着重要的地位，从身体外部穿着的服饰到身体本身。女性在从被物化到自动物化再到反物化，她们的被迫接受、觉醒和反抗在近代时装史中得以表现。 服装是人类基本的日常需求。在很长一段时间内，人们将该物件与物质商品等同而忽略了人类着装的社会研究价值。女性群体的着装改变以及她们如何对待自己的身体，从一定程度上的反应了女性权力意识的觉醒，自我意识的独立以及自主探寻性别角色之路的开启。本文，首先给出了对于女性身体物化的界定，指出了女性从被物化到反抗物化共经历了哪几个阶段，提出了女性身体被物化的形式及主要变化趋势的猜想，最后给出了探讨服装与女性权力思想解放的关系的建议。

关键词：女性身体，物化，西方近代时尚史

Contents

Acknowledgements I

摘要 II

Abstract III

Contents IV

1  Introduction 1

2  Literature Review 2

2.1 Objectified Female Bodies 2

2.1.1 Sexual Objectification and Self-objectification 2

2.1.2 Power and Objectification 3

2.2 The Fashioned Body: Objectified female bodies presented in fashion history 4

2.2.1 Gender Norms and Stereotypes 4

2.2.2 Female Bodies Presented in Fashion Advertisements 4

2.2.3 Standard body size and makeover culture 5

3  Women Social Status and Dress Culture in Western History 6

3.1 Women Social Status in Western History 6

3.2 Women Dress Culture in Western History 6

4. Bondage of human body and Liberation of human nature 8

4.1 Throwing Away The Corset and Paul Poiret 8

4.1.1 The Corset 8

4.1.2 Paul Poiret 9

4.2 Neutral Chic and Gabrielle Chanel 11

5. Two Axis Periods of Women Dress Liberation 14

5.1 Evolution of Gender Stereotypes of Femininity and Masculinity 14

6  Conclusion 15

6.1 Major Findings of the Study 15

6.2 Limitations and Suggestions for Further Research 15

References 17