MeXicana fashions : politics, self-adornment, and identity construction /
edited by Aída Hurtado and Norma E. Cantú
- First edition.ition
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (iv, 330 pages) : illustrations.
Wearing identity: Chicanas and Huipiles / Con el huipil en la mente: the metamorphosis of a Chicana / "Rebozos, huipiles, y ¿Qué?": Chicana self-fashioning in the academy / Por la facha y por el traje, se conoce al personaje: tales about attire as resistance and performativity in a Chicana's life trajectory / A familial legacy of meXicana style / Buying the dream: relating "traditional" dress to consumer practices within US Quinceañeras / Visuality, corporality, and power / Black, brown, and fa(t)shionable: the role of fat women of color in the rise of body positivity / Fashioning decolonial optics: Days of the Dead walking altars and Calavera fashion shows in Latina/o Los Angeles / "Fierce and fearless": dress and identity in Rigoberto González's The Mariposa Club / Lydia Mendoza, "Reina de la música tejana": self-stylizing Mexicanidad through China Poblana in the US-mexico borderlands / (Ad)dressing Chicana/Latina femininities: consumption, labor, and the cultural politics of style in Latina fashion / Urban Xican/x-indigenous fashion show ARTivism: experimental ethnographies and perform-antics in Three Actos / Norma E. Cantú -- Josie Méndez-Negrete -- Micaela Díaz-Sánchez -- Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs -- Domino Renee Perez -- Rachel Valentina González-Martin -- Aída Hurtado -- Jade D. Petermon -- Laura Pérez -- Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez -- Marci R. McMahon -- Stacy I. Macías -- Chela Sandoval, Amber Rose González, and Felicia Montes
Collecting the perspectives of scholars who reflect on their own relationships to particular garments, analyze the politics of dress, and examine the role of consumerism and entrepreneurialism in the production of creating and selling a style, meXicana Fashions examines and searches for meaning in these visible, performative aspects of identity.Focusing primarily on Chicanas but also considering trends connected to other Latin American communities, the authors highlight specific constituencies that are defined by region ("Tejana style," "L.A. style"), age group ("homie," "chola"), and social class (marked by haute couture labels such as Carolina Herrera and Oscar de la Renta). The essays acknowledge the complex layers of these styles, which are not mutually exclusive but instead reflect a range of intersections in occupation, origin, personality, sexuality, and fads. Other elements include urban indigenous fashion shows, the shifting quinceañera market, "walking altars" on the Days of the Dead, plus-size clothing, huipiles in the workplace, and dressing in drag. Together, these chapters illuminate the full array of messages woven into a vibrant social fabric
9781477319604
Mexican American women--Clothing. Mexican American women--Ethnic identity. Clothing and dress--Political aspects--United States. Clothing and dress--Social aspects--United States. Fashion--Social aspects--United States. Group identity--United States.