Cross-cultural and intra-societal application of DeLong's framework for visual analysis
Author(s):
Lynch, Annette; Michelman, Susan O.; Hegland, Jane E.
Format:
Journal article
Citation:
Clothing And Textiles Research Journal, Volume 16, Issue 4 (1998). pp. 145-156.
Language:
English
Abstract:
Examined the application of M. R. DeLong's framework of visual analysis in research on dress outside of the mainstream. Three bodies of separately conducted research (Hmong American examples, Nigerian examples, and examples in the subculture of transsexualism)are drawn upon to explore the potential of using a system for visual analysis originally developed for study of cosmopolitan' dress to understand visual information in other cultural contexts. As a component of the research design each researcher used DeLong's system of visual analysis to explore dress as a reflection of cultural construction of gender. This collaborative effort, which summarizes our individual works, demonstrates that visual analysis is a useful means for examining gender through symbolic dimensions of dress. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)