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Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens

Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Taínos to Beauty Queens

Paperback

Series: Dress and Fashion Research

Fashion & AccessoriesGeneral Design

PREORDER - Expected ship date November 26, 2026

ISBN10: 1350341932
ISBN13: 9781350341937
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: Nov 26 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Analyzing dress, costume, and fashion in Puerto Rico, this collection utilizes case studies that explore national identity and nation formation as well as past and current practices in Puerto Rican visual culture.

As the last Spanish-speaking colony with an ever-growing diaspora, Puerto Rico presents a unique opportunity to study national identity and nation formation through dress and fashion. In Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico, José Blanco F. and Raúl J. Vázquez-López combine new material and previously published essays that review diverse aspects of visual culture in Puerto Rico.

The book is divided into three sections that define and redefine the terms dress, costume, and fashion through case studies that include the resurgence of native Taíno imagery, the Young Lords' resistance through dress, the iconic Jíbaro peasants, festival and dance costumes, and the fashion of Puerto Rican Miss Universe contestants.

This much-needed addition to the literature around fashion in Latin America offers incisive and informed discussion for students and scholars of dress and fashion, identity, Latin American studies, and all those interested in the history and visual culture of this fascinating country.

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