Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Ta?nos to Beauty Queens (Dress and Fashion Research). Este artículo no está disponible.Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico: Ta?nos to Beauty Queens (Dress and Fashion Research)

Analyzes dress, costume and fashion in Puerto Rico, utilizing several case studies that explore national identity and nation formation as well as past and current practices in Puerto Rican visual culture.

José Blanco F. is Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA. He is editor of The Meanings of Dress, 5th edition, and has contributed chapters in edited volumes including The Fashion Reader, The Handbook of Masculinity Studies, The Fashion Business Reader, and Transglobal Fashion Narratives. He has published essays in journals including Fashion Theory, Fashion, Style and Popular Culture, Critical Studies in Men's Fashion, Dress, and The Journal of Popular Culture.

Raúl J. Vázquez-López is an adjunct instructor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. His research emphasis is on the production and consumption of Puerto Rican cultural symbols and fashion. Raúl has published several articles and book chapters on Puerto Rican dress, costume, and fashion and along with his husband, José, recently co-authored the book Dress, Fashion, and National Identity in Puerto Rico. He has also co-edited two special issues on Latin American Fashion for Fashion, Style and Popular Culture and published a co-authored the chapter "Globalized Masculinities in Latin American National Costumes" for The Intellect Handbook of Men's Fashion. He has extensive experience developing and marketing textbooks in a variety of fields.