The play's the thing: A [mini-]phenomenology of fashion

Franklin, Alex

Abstract

Drawing on literature from play studies, developmental psychology, gender studies and phenomenology, this paper will argue for a conception of fashion as an extension of the play behaviours key to a child's psychosocial development and mental health. Specifically the discussion will focus on an "everyday" (in the Heideggerian sense of the word) mode of engagement with fashion - as distinct from the knowing spectacle of cosplay, for example - and its ambivalent role in the continued "doing" (J. Butler 1990) of a subject's identity.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association [PCA/ACA] National Conference
• Start Date: Mar 27, 2013
• End Date: Mar 30, 2013
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: fashion, phenomenology, play
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933465
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association [PCA/ACA] National Conference