Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style: Exhibition Project
Summer Anne Lee
Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice
About this Item
- Title
- Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style: Exhibition Project
- Contributor Names
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Lee, Summer Anne (Author)
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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice (Degree granting institution)
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McClendon, Emma (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2022
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2022.
- Department: Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice.
- Advisors: McClendon, Emma. Committee members: Font, Lourdes.
- Abstract
- This paper contains multiple aspects of a theoretical exhibition titled Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style. Grounded in subcultural and post-subcultural theory, the exhibition contains ensembles, objects, media, and accompanying didactic texts pertaining to the development and popularity of emo music and style. An exhibition checklist lays out the objects significant in telling this story, which are grouped into three thematic sections: "The Invention of Emo," "Post- Subculture & Style Fluidity," and "From Ridicule To Runway." The first section highlights the reasons why melancholy emo music and style resonated with Millennials during the 2000s. The second seeks to define emo style with comparisons to related subcultural styles, while using post- subcultural theory to problematize the notion of an authentic subculture during the age of the internet. The third and final section tracks the international perception of emo from dangerous and ridiculous to non-threatening and fashionable, incorporating many examples from media and runway fashion. Additional elements such as related past exhibitions, exhibition design, public outreach, and a print catalog are also discussed.
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- Language
- eng
- Publisher
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Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,
Citation
Lee, S. A. (2022). Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style: Exhibition Project [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/8328
Lee, Summer Anne. Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style: Exhibition Project. 2022. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/8328
Lee, Summer Anne. "Emo: Spectrum of Subcultural Style: Exhibition Project." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2022. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/8328