My team research at CSA
Well over the holiday break I received good news–that my team research on black leather jackets was accepted for oral presentation at the Costume Society of America. I work with Marilyn DeLong, Kelly Gage, and Juyeon Park.
The piece is entitled (I think this is final): Renegade to Regular Joe: Shifting Borders of the Black Leather Jacket.
This is a project we’ve been building on for over a year and a half, surveying bikers about their black leather jacket usage, looking into historical and contemporary imagery, media attention, consumer awareness and interest, and also reviewing the aesthetic qualities. We’re presenting a different section of the work at this year’s Pop Culture/American Culture Association conference entitled (I think this is final): Putting on the Leathers: The Identity of the Black Leather Jacket.
We previously orally presented another portion at last year’s Pop/American Culture and a poster at last year’s Costume Society. Now we’re getting a manuscript together of yet another component of the work. Rarely have I been part of such a productive project which has yielded so much data to work with in so many directions.
Hopefully some of you will be able to attend these presentations but unfortunately I do not think I’ll be there to present/attend. I’ve got a lot of travel commitments this year and had to pick and choose based on budget and time of course.
-Monica
Ariel said,
January 12th, 2009 at 9:16 am
A few years ago the Phoenix Art Museum had an exhibition about the motorcycle jacket…The museum may have some pieces that would assist in your research.
Monica Sklar said,
January 12th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Thanx for the info, I’ll check it out.
Heather Vaughan said,
January 20th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Let me know if you need the curator’s details – the exhibit I co-curated was at the Phoenix Art Museum.