Laura Beltrán-Rubio - The Fashion and Race Database™

Mar 2021 1

Representing Race in Colonial Latin America

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Latin America, Race, Ethnicity & Colonialism, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on fashion’s place within discourses about 'Representing Race in Colonial Latin America':

Painting: Detail of "Miguel Cabrera, 6. De español y morisca, albina (6. From Spaniard and Morisca, Albina Girl)," 1763. Oil on canvas, 131.13 × 105.09 cm (51 5/8 × 41 3/8 in). Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Feb 2021 15

Contemporary Native Fashion

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Indigenous Identity, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on fashion’s place within discourses about Contemporary Native Fashion:⁠⠀

Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock, b. 1977), Pair of boots, 2014. Leather, glass,49.53 x 23.114 x 8.89 cm.

Feb 2021 1

Fashion in China Through the Centuries

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Asian Identity, Reading Lists

This week, FRD Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio has assembled a reading list for you on what we have in our library when it comes to the history of dress in China:

Chinese, Ceremonial Armor for a High Ranking Official, 18th century. Steel, copper, gold, silk, metallic thread.

Jan 2021 18

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Dress

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Latin America, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on fashion’s place within discourses about Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Dress:

Close-up of an illustrated page of an Aztec codex, showing one person approaching another person of higher rank, who appears seated and wearing an elaborate blue tunic

Jan 2021 14

Huipil

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Objects That Matter

The huipil is a blouse-like garment worn by women in Mesoamerica since at least 2,000 years ago. The name huipil derives from the Nahuatl word “huipilli,” used by the Aztecs to denote this garment.

Dec 2020 14

Mexican Fashion

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Ethno Religious Identity, Latin America, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on fashion’s place within discourses about Mexican Fashion:⁠

a historical etching showing a woman in a fashionable dress with her arms outstretched to a group of four couples looking at her

Nov 2020 30

A Short Introduction to Cultural Appropriation II

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Concepts & Theory, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on fashion’s place within discourses about Cultural Appropriation:

a white woman wears a headband and dress of multicolored stripes

Nov 2020 16

Womanhood, Fashion, and Race

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Gender & Sexuality, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on fashion’s place within discourses about 'womanhood, fashion, and race':⁠

b&w photo of a woman holding a bouquet of roses, with tears of happiness on her face

Nov 2020 2

Youth Culture & the Zoot Suit

By Laura Beltrán-Rubio | Black Identity & African Diaspora, Latin America, Reading Lists

This week, Researcher Laura Beltrán-Rubio is guiding us through what she has found on 'Youth Culture and the Zoot Suit' and its prevalence in fashion: