Fashion and Postcolonial Critique

Deepsikha Chatterjee
2019 Fashion Theory  
We are pleased to present the latest volume in the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna's publication series. The series, published in cooperation with our highly committed partner Sternberg Press, is devoted to central themes of contemporary thought about art practices and theories. The volumes comprise contributions on subjects that form the focus of discourse in art theory, cultural studies, art history, and research at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and represent the quintessence of international
more » ... udy and discussion taking place in the respective fields. Each volume is published in the form of an anthology, edited by staff members of the academy. Authors of high international repute are invited to make contributions that deal with the respective areas of emphasis. Research activities such as international conferences, lecture series, institute-specific research focuses, or research projects serve as points of departure for the individual volumes. All books in the series undergo a single blind peer review. International reviewers, whose identities are not disclosed to the editors of the volumes, give an in-depth analysis and evaluation for each essay. The editors then rework the texts, taking into consideration the suggestions and feedback of the reviewers who, in a second step, make further comments on the revised essays. The editorsand authors-thus receive what is so rare in academia and also in art univer sities: committed, informed, and hopefully impartial critical feedback that can be used for finishing the work. We thank the editors of this volume, Elke Gaugele and Monica Titton, for proposing this volume on the nexus of fashion/fashion theory and postcolonial critique. Fashion as an artistic, cultural, social and of course economic phenomenon provides ample necessity for a critique coming from a postcolonial perspective. Colonialization and globalization play a prime role within fashion and so a critical perspective, looking closely at the structures and processes that shape all the dimensions of this section is important. The authors tackle the topic from fields and disciplines that are all important areas of research at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, cultural studies, anthropology, textile studies, art history, gender studies and fashion theory, and bringing together these perspectives by inviting an international group of authors is a great achievement of the editors. Moreover, this volume is part of the Austrian Center for Fashion Research ACfFR, a research group initiated and led by the editors, who established a consortium of partners from other art universities. We would like to thank Elke Gaugele and Monica Titton for their excellent work and their commitment to the ACfFR and to the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, as well as the authors for their contributions. As always, we are grateful to all the partners contributing to the book, especially Sternberg Press.
doi:10.1080/1362704x.2019.1645928 fatcat:aqkzdps6wfckhf3flmrvesqwia