Querying Radically Queer Political Fashion

Authors

Maylin M. Hernandez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

10-16-2024

Abstract

This chapter explores the intersection of fashion and androgynous and queer collective creativity and expression. Working with Walter Benjamin’s writings on material culture, Judith Butler’s ideas on gender performativity, and explorations of queer temporality (particularly with the work of José Esteban Muñoz), the chapter analyzes the way marginalized, and specifically queer, groups utilize fashion for political ends. The chapter explores the use of collaborative approaches to fashion and how these practices translate into the creation of a potentially egalitarian and politically charged fashion. Analyzing cooperative garment-making and outfit-formations, the chapter asks what characteristics of these activities can be translated into larger political movements for emancipatory politics.

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Recommended Citation

Hernandez, M.M. (2024). Querying Radically Queer Political Fashion. In: Kedrowski, K.M., Ortbals, C.D., Poloni-Staudinger, L., Strachan, J.C. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57073-5_30

Publication Title

The Palgrave Handbook of Fashion and Politics

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57073-5_30