Date of Award
5-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Legacy Department
Professional Communication
Committee Chair/Advisor
Hilligoss, Susan
Committee Member
Haynes , Cynthia
Committee Member
Morey , Sean
Abstract
While the fashion world, including its influential print publications, is no stranger to inquiries about social status, aesthetics, and self worth, there is currently room for the examination of what type of appeals create and sustain the concept of 'glamour' in modern society. This study investigates how fashion magazines construct the idea of glamour to influence readers' understanding and definition of this term as well as its own placement on the social spectrum of sophistication through a visual analysis of the fashion spreads of four contemporary fashion magazines. Using Bourdieu's understanding of taste and distinction, John Berger's understanding of visual culture, and Baudelaire's concept of the fl‰neur, I will investigate how one's understanding of taste, personal and otherwise, may influence one's self-perceived social status and understanding of the term glamour, consciously or subconsciously.
Recommended Citation
Black, Hayley, "THE ART OF THE DISTINGUISHED: HOW FASHION MAGAZINES INFLUENCE THE DEFINITION AND UNDERSTANDING OF MODERN GLAMOUR." (2012). All Theses. 1363.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_theses/1363