The corset and the hijab: enunciation, intersubjectivity, and dress

Jardim, Marilia (2018) The corset and the hijab: enunciation, intersubjectivity, and dress. In: 4o CIMODE. Congreso Internacional de Moda Y Diseño. Centro de Ciência e Tecnologia Têxtil Universidade do Minho, Portugal, pp. 32-39. ISBN 9789895416806

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The corset and the hijab: enunciation, intersubjectivity, and dress - Marilia Hernandes Jardim (431kB)

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Jardim, Marilia

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An important topic within the field of Fashion and Urban Studies today is the problem of dress as a form of communication, and its role in determining intersubjective relations which are the foundations of social interactions between subjects. In the global city, the problem of cultural difference and miscomprehension is added to this relation, especially when it comes to the matter of feminine dress and the forms of feminine identity resulting from it. Looking into the not always peaceful relations created between Western and Islamic feminine bodies in the global cities, this paper examines the corset and the hijab as a starting point to analyse the different layers of communication established between body and cloth, and different clothed-bodies. A mainly theoretical investigation, this work adopts the theory of Greimas on communication, enunciation and its roles; and the works of Marsciani, intersecting Standard Semiotics and Phenomenology, and Ahmed, who blends Phenomenology and Orientalism. Far from providing a finished answer to the problem, we propose an investigation on the possibility of inserting the study of those objects in the presented theoretical framework, with the aim of outlining the approach of dress from an intersubjective point of view.

Lucia, Diana

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http://hdl.handle.net/1822/55464

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May 2018