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BIBLIOGRAPHY#1
Cohen, D. (2014). Why We Look the Way We Look Now. [online] The Atlantic. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/05/the-way-we-look-now/359803/ [Accessed 16 Dec. 2019].
The article discusses the U.S. fashion design history and evolution beginning with the Great Depression. The author describes how the way we dress today took on familiar form in the 1930′s, with men wearing shoulder pads jackets and women wearing sportswear designed for movement and ease. It concludes that the by-now-family paradox shaped this time: American clothes became more and more similar in style even as their bodies deviated along class lines. There is also a conversation about the widely recognized flapper dress as new clothing design methods arose and how Hollywood played a role in the development of such popular styles.
The article is relevant to my research because it explains how different fashion types have a certain importance throughout the history, which is particularly notable, because while I know how styles these days have a significance today, or how they have played a role in today's style. One important part of this article was the way to view some type of clothing, like sportswear, as "democratic and harmonious, practical and flexible" which demonstrates even more that fashion has an important part to play in our society.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#2
Winston, R. (2015). What Is Feminism? [online] HuffPost. Available at: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/womens-rights-news/what-is-feminism_b_6985612.html.
This article is about how everyone should be treated the same regardless of their gender. His discussion of how society has pushed us into other roles, gender roles, telling us what is male and female rather than just a human being. This says children are forced to play with either "boy toys" or "girl toys," based on what their curiosity is to make them male or female. But the article says we have to stop thinking like this and just let people do what they want. That men and women should be equivalent, and we as a society will eventually break social norms by making them equal, and we can all live peacefully, and people can be themselves.
I think the advantages of these papers would be that it offered a history of many of the issues it raised so that the reader would appreciate it more. A drawback would be that because it was a bit short, it didn't go deep into the issue. This article relates to my subject because it talks about gender inequality that has been faced before in 18th and 19th century and how it has changed now. And this article gives good reasoning about what feminism is.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#3
Collard, Eileen. The Cut of Women’s 19th Century Dress Part 4: ‘The Rise and Fall of the Bustle’ circa 1867-98. 1979.
This self-published book describes the development of the pattern of bustle that dominated the style of women in the 1870′s. Collard offers in- depth technical details of dress styles and cuts, and explains the types of fabrics, colors and decorations used in different dress designs. This book also shows the drawings of dress bodices, skirts and sleeves, which are mostly hand drawn based on common fashion plates examples.While most of Collard's research concentrates on women's wear as it originated in England, there is a small portion of how these trends have been adapted into Canadian fashions.
This book is helpful for my research as it talks about the 19th century fashion which was famous for its corsets, caps, top hats, bustles and petticoats. And it also talks about how the Victorian era women's fashion was heavily dominated by full skirts, moving steadily to the back of the silhouette and how the less restrictive aesthetic style started to emerge towards the end of the period.This is an interesting topic to work on because it talks about the history of fashion, how women’s from that period used to dress up and how this bustle and corset trend affected them.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#4
Tavaana (2018b). The 1960s-70s American Feminist Movement: Breaking Down Barriers for Women. [online] Tavaana. Available at: https://tavaana.org/en/case-studies/1960s-70s-american-feminist-movement-breaking-down-barriers-women
This article was quite lengthy, covering several different parts of the 1960's Women Liberation Movement. This began by describing the 1960's WLM as the "second wave" of feminist movements, the first of which is with the suffragettes at the beginning of the 1900's. The article points out how many women remained at home mothers who were supposed to be going at the order of their father, care for their kids, and performed up to 55 hours of housework a week. In addition, divorce has been a very limited and difficult alternative. There were mostly just teachers, nurses, and secretaries for the women who had jobs. For several other jobs, women were not wanted by men but some of these.
This article is helpful for me because it explains about the women’s liberation movement and it is divided into 3 parts i.e. the first wave, the second wave and the third wave. It talks about how women fought for their right’s and how it affected them and how they changed the perspective of feminism and gender inequality because feminism is more about the rights of a person whether it’s a men or a women, either in workplace or somewhere else.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#5
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty (2014). 9780385479424: Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty - AbeBooks - Nancy Etcoff: 0385479425. [online] Abebooks.com. Available at: https://www.abebooks.com/9780385479424/Survival-Prettiest-Science-Beauty-Nancy-0385479425/plp [Accessed 11 Dec. 2019].
Etcoff cites recent findings in evolutionary psychology to conclude that, through a natural selection mechanism, perception for physical beauty is hardwired in the human brain. The book is written for a specific audience and the pace of some arguments will put some readers off, despite their wit. It is also not expressly a feminist work. Nevertheless, Etcoff addresses interesting studies on, among other things, the perception of children of physical attractiveness and special treatment for physically beautiful individuals, which indicates that some body forms are innately regarded as more desirable than others.
The book is of my interest because it makes provocative statements about racism based on personal appearance and challenges the notion that taste is socially influenced in physical beauty. I think beauty standards have increased so much that people feel that the perfect zero figure is the ideal body type and beautiful face is everything through which they start to think a lot about their body, stress out and try to achieve that beautiful appearance if their body is going through so much of pain. But nowadays people have learned to accept themselves with whatever body type or skin color they have.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#6
Cooney, K. (2018). Women Achieved Enormous Power in Ancient Egypt. What They Did With It Is a Warning for Today. [online] Time. Available at: https://time.com/5425216/ancient-egypt-women-in-power-today/ [Accessed 17 Dec. 2019].
While women in high-level positions have advanced in governments, the thing is not how they have gone, but what they do once they are there. Nearly all women in ancient Egypt had a leading role, having in the country at least six women at the highest position, but history revealed that their culture was no more egalitarian than male dominated civilizations. It was the most important thing for the women of the ancient world. The tale of women coming to power in Egypt is fascinating and beautiful, yet a sad one because many queens would fit into their own hierarchical system of power created by men.
I'm going to use this source to counter my investigations. One of the good points makes clear is that the Egyptian woman king came in for support from the masculine dominated system only for a short time. Breaking glass ceilings is something but until women are able to do with their own agendas, the majority of powerful women are serving the status quo today and yesterday.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#7
Bilton, N. (2014). Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media. The New York Times. [online] 16 Jul. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/fashion/reclaiming-our-real-lives-from-social-media.html [Accessed 17 Dec. 2019].
Nick Bilton is a New York Times columnist; he explores how social media can take over a person's life in its recent paper "Reclaiming Our (real) life in social media." He begins by telling that after he's been at a cafe Hemingway started his book spontaneously and how he might have gone into an Instagram post in the last decade. Bilton starts by indicating a person's spending 3.8 hours per day on social media. He starts by explaining how the work carried out by Adam Kramer shows that people who are exposed to negative situations have contributed to more depressed behavior.
Bilton reveals some partiality at the end of the day, he shares his opinion that he doesn't want to use social media all of his time and that he changes the way it is used. I think Bilton is a good source to demonstrate how use of social media can affect behavior and reaction of the person.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#8
Fasanella, K. (n.d.). History of apparel manufacturing – Fashion-Incubator. [online] Available at: https://fashion-incubator.com/history_of_apparel_manufacturing/ [Accessed 22 Jun. 2020].
The publisher of this blog is Kathleen Fasanella, who is a published author talks on the topic of product manufacturing. In addition to creating blog posts from designers and industry professionals on the concept of clothing production process, it also theorises on the potential of clothing production adopting a different local approach rather than large scale manufacturing.
As it relates to my discipline, It brought the idea of local custom production to my attention. Although I won't apply this ideology to my assertion of the future, I do understand that local production will play a role throughout the future of the clothing industry at some point, because access to technology has created a society that can concentrate on the specifics of where their products are manufactured and how they are produced.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#9
Ritter, S.M., van Baaren, R.B., Dijksterhuis, A., 2012. Creativity: The role of unconscious processes in idea generation and idea selection. Thinking Skills and Creativity 7, 21–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2011.12.002
In this study , the authors carried out experiments to see if the unconscious mind plays a role in the process of producing ideas and selecting ideas. They asked students to participate in this experiment and divided it into three categories. The cycle of immediate, conscious and unconscious thinking. During these conditions, they were asked to list as many ideas as possible, and then to pick the most innovative. The result of this whole experiment is that the unconscious mind did not have an impact on the process of generation of ideas, but it plays a very important role in the process of selection of creative ideas. I am especially interested in this article because my practise is focused on innovation and new ideas, and I have always wondered where the ideas come from and how each person thinks about things in a specific creative way.
BIBLIOGRAPHY#10
Connect, C.B., 2017. Aaron Blaise Reveals The Seven Steps to Great Character Design [WWW Document]. Cartoon Brew. URL https://www.cartoonbrew.com/sponsored-by-aaron-blaise/aaron-blaise-reveals-seven-steps-great-character-design-149504.html (accessed 12.10.18).
The article offers details on the seven steps that need to be taken into account in order to build a better character. Aaron Blaise, who has received his feature film titled "King of the Elves" nominated for Best Animated Feature Film by the Academy, is the one who has revealed the steps set out in the post. These phases go from the study process to the life phase of the character. When reading this post, I noticed that I skipped a move or two when I worked on a project before. The content of this article is of vital interest to pre-production animators, considering that character design is one of the most critical aspects of animation. There is no novel without a well-developed character.