A Skin-Deep Analysis on Deconstruction: How Transforming the Modern Surface Transformed Notions on Gender

Author

Elise K. Young, Scripps CollegeFollow

Graduation Year

2016

Document Type

Open Access Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Humanities: Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture

Reader 1

Andrew Aisenberg

Reader 2

Marc Katz

Reader 3

Susan Rankaitis

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© 2016 Elise K Young

Abstract

While focusing on high fashion and architecture, this thesis explores an aesthetic transition between the early 20^th century’s “modern” style and the later 20^th century style of “deconstruction.” We believe the style of “deconstruction” revolutionized visual metaphors for modern gender identity through the manipulation and experimentation of surfaces. These metaphors were accomplished through transformation relationships between surface, structure, and ornament. This study exclusively uses examples from women’s fashion and building façades for its analysis

Recommended Citation

Young, Elise K., "A Skin-Deep Analysis on Deconstruction: How Transforming the Modern Surface Transformed Notions on Gender" (2016). Scripps Senior Theses. 850.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/850