Anthropology of Clothing and Fashion Native Dress and Indigenous Social Movements ANTHRO 3373 Dr. Kedron Thomas !European)imperialism)1800:%35%percent%%1874:%67%percent%1914:%85%percent%What%do%images%of%na/ve%peoples%say%to%us?)19Orientalism,%Edward)Said)%Social%and%historical%construction%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%of%the%“Other”%Based%on%preconceptions%Idea%that%“they”%are%all%the%same%Literature,%art,%mass%culture%fuel%politics%%“Na$ve'Amazonians'who'once'took'pains'to'hide'external'signs'of'indigenous'iden$ty'behind'mass>produced'Western'clothing'now'proclaim'their'cultural'dis$nc$veness'with'headdresses,'body'paint,'beads,'and'feather.”'(Conklin,'p.'712)'Video'If%you%we r e%in%charge%o f %an%interna/o n al%environmental%NGO,%what%would%you%do?)Fashion)is)universal)Representa6on)is)poli6cal)Poli6cs)is)messy))))Leger, The City (1919)Paul Poiret (1925)Raoul Dufy (1920)Duchamp, The Fountain (1917)Serra, “Snake,” The Matter of Time (2005)Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (1997)Alexander McQueen
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