Make love not war: imperial democracy and the gendered soldiered body in fashion
Make love not war: imperial democracy and the gendered soldiered body in fashion
Author(s): Louisa RogersSubject(s): Gender Studies, International relations/trade, Military policy, Studies in violence and power
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne
Keywords: global war on terror; fashion photography; militarism; soldiers; gender;
Summary/Abstract: In recognizing the symbolic potential of the body, fashion photography is a logical but critically underexplored area for the study of militarism in popular culture. Using the conception of imperial democracy as a theoretical framework, a semiotic analysis of Steven Meisel’s editorial “Make Love Not War” published in “Vogue Italia” identifies how gender and uniform are used to replicate imperialist narratives in a luxury fashion context. These visuals uphold the tenets of new militarism by fetishizing military aesthetics
Journal: Res Rhetorica
- Issue Year: 11/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 26-45
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
