Poils et pilosités aussi, sur Apparence(s)

Et pour en savoir plus, en français, sur la barbe, les barbus et la pilosité en général, voir le numéro "De tous poils" 5/2014 de la revue Apparence(s), en ligne et en accès gratuit.

Framing the Face: New Perspectives on Facial Hair [call for papers]

One-day workshop, 28 November 2015 - Friend’s Meeting House, Euston Road, London

Over the past five centuries, facial hair has been central to debates about masculinity. Over time, changing views of masculinity, self-fashioning, the body, gender, sexuality and culture have all strongly influenced men’s decisions to wear, or not wear, facial hair. For British Tudor men, beards were a symbol of sexual maturity and prowess. Throughout the early modern period, debates also raged about the place of facial hair within a humoural medical framework. The eighteenth century, by contrast, saw beards as unrefined and uncouth; clean-shaven faces reflected enlightened values of neatness and elegance, and razors were linked to new technologies. Victorians conceived of facial hair in terms of the natural primacy of men, and new models of hirsute manliness. All manner of other factors from religion to celebrity culture have intervened to shape decisions about facial hair and shaving.

And yet, despite a recent growth in interest in the subject, we still know little about the significance, context and meanings of beards and moustaches through time, or of its relationship to important factors such as medicine and medical practice, technology and shifting models of masculinity. We therefore welcome papers related to, but by no means limited to the following questions:

• To what extent were beards a symbol of masculinity and what key attributes of masculinity did they symbolise?
• To what extent did the profession of the barber influence beard styles and the management of facial hair?
• To what extent were beard trends led by the elite and by metropolitan fashion?
• How far did provincial trends influence metropolitan trends through migration?
• What impact did changing shaving technologies have on beard fashions/trends?
• How were beards understood within the medical frameworks of different eras?
• How have women responded to facial hair in different eras?
• How has the display of facial hair by women been viewed as both a medical and cultural phenomena?

Please send abstracts of up to 300 words, by 30th September 2015, to framingtheface@gmail.com

For further information please contact the organisers

Dr Alun Withey, University of Exeter A.Withey@exeter.ac.uk

Dr Jennifer Evans, University of Hertfordshire J.evans5@herts.ac.uk

https://framingtheface.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/

Balenciaga, magicien de la dentelle [exposition]

Derniers jours pour profiter de l'exposition "Balenciaga, magicien de la dentelle" qui se tient jusqu'au 31 août 2015 à la Cité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode à Calais.

Vidéo de présentation de l'exposition : cliquer ici.

Histoire de la mode - séminaire - IHTP Paris - programme 2015-2016

Le séminaire d'histoire de la mode de l'Institut du temps présent-CNRS commencera le vendredi 25 septembre 2015. Pour en connaître le programme et les dates (un vendredi par mois), aller sur le blog du Carnet du séminaire.

Fashion Mix - Modes, codes vestimentaires et pratiques culturelles (revue : Hommes et migrations,n°1310- 2015)

Ce dossier édité par la revue Hommes & migrations complète la problématique de l'exposition Fashion Mix, qui s'est tenue au Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration jusqu'à fin juin 2015, et fait un état des dernières recherches sur l'influence des migrations sur les manières de se vêtir, de se coiffer, et de traiter son corps dans l’espace. L’ouverture internationale explore les relations que la France entretient à travers le vêtement avec des continents comme l’Afrique et identifie des travaux qui seraient utilement transférables dans l’Hexagone.

Modes, codes vestimentaires et pratiques culturelles

N°1310  avril-juin 2015

Coordinateur(s) : 

Anne Monjaret, Ethnologue, directrice de recherche au CNRS, IIAC-équipe LAHIC (CNRS-EHESS)Pour en connaître le sommaire, cliquer ici.

Fashion [ symposium, 84th Anglo-American conference of historians, 2-3 juillet 2015]

In a major collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, the IHR is taking Fashion as the theme for its annual conference in summer 2015. Fashion in history is a topic which has come of age in recent years, as scholars have turned to addressing what is chic and what is style over the ages and across different cultures. The history of fashion, and the role of fashion in history, is not just confined to the study of dress and costume, but encompasses design and innovation, taste and zeitgeist, treats as its subjects both people and objects, and crosses over into related disciplines such as the history of art and architecture, consumption, retailing and technology.

Across the world, fashion brings together museums, graduate teaching programmes, learned societies and the fashion profession around a common set of interests and concerns. The IHR conference this year, we hope will be a perfect showcase and a meeting-point for the wide spectrum of specialists in this exciting field.

To learn more...

Les toiles de Jouy. Histoire d'un art décoratif, 1760-1821 [livre]

Abondamment illustré, cet ouvrage retrace l’histoire artistique d’une manufacture qui a marqué durablement l’histoire du textile. L’étude des créations de la manufacture de Jouy et de la politique de son fondateur, Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, nous emmène dans une aventure industrielle et artistique, bien loin de ces clichés, au cœur d’une production où art, technique et industrie opèrent de concert, sous l’instigation d’hommes de goût, attentifs aux désirs d’une clientèle diversifiée.

Aziza Gril-Mariotte, Les toiles de Jouy. Histoire d'un art décoratif, 1760-1821, Rennes, Pur, 2015. Pour en savoir plus sur le contenu de cet ouvrage, cliquer ici.