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[Please pardon any cross-postings] Dear ARLIS-L, The co-organizers of this session have extended the CFP deadline to Friday, May 20, 2011. Call for Participation CAA 100th Annual Conference, February 22-25, 2012 Los Angeles, California Co-organizers: Consuelo Gutierrez and Ian McDermott Deconstructing Costume Histories: Re-Reading Identities in Fashion Collections and Exhibitions Theorists from Veblen to Simmel have argued that fashion originates from the styles of the elite, which drive sartorial representation within a given society. This session will look at fashion collections and exhibitions in museums and examine how collecting practices and curatorial decisions influence the study of the history of fashion with respect to the representation of minorities and the working class. Do these collections or exhibitions construct a homogeneous identity based on the lifestyle and experience of the leisure class? Have the fashions and styles in museums, magazines, and fashion shows become the foundation of a collective memory and history of fashion that is inherently non-inclusive? This panel invites papers discussing the diversity of costume and dress as experienced by minority, ethnic, and underprivileged economic groups and the representation of gender, race, and class in fashion collections and exhibitions. The panel also welcomes the examination of appropriation, nationalism, multiculturalism, colonialism/post-colonialism, subcultures, street fashion, and other related topics in light of fashion collections and exhibitions. Please send completed submission form, a one to two page double-spaced abstract, a letter explaining the speaker's interest and expertise in the topic, a current CV, and a sample of your work if relevant by May 20, 2011 to both organizers: Consuelo Gutierrez: [log in to unmask] Ian McDermott: [log in to unmask] For full submission guidelines see the following: http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2012CallforParticipation.pdf. Thank you, Ian McDermott Ian McDermott Collection Development Associate ARTstor 151 East 61st Street New York, NY 10065 212.500.2413 tel 212.500.2401 fax [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.artstor.org <http://www.artstor.org/> www.facebook.com/ARTstor <http://www.facebook.com/ARTstor> Sign up for ARTstor News! Send a blank email to [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~