Social and cultural understandings of gender have shifted dramatically in recent years. Arguably, an increasing awareness of the fluidity and performativity of gender has allowed for recognition of identities and expressions that complicate the male/female binary. Fashion, habitus, and manipulation of the human body are critical to the visible, tangible production of gender. In our research, we explore how fashion and costume museums are engaging with this shift and, more specifically, with the representation of bodies through the use of mannequins in museum exhibition spaces. We begin with historical and contemporary context of the current “Gender Revolution” and report on findings from a survey of museum professionals within our field who regularly work with mannequins for display of their dress collections.

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研究报告

近年来，社会和文化对性别的理解发生了巨大变化。可以说，对性别的流动性和表现性的日益认识已经允许识别使男性/女性二元复杂化的身份和表达。时尚、习惯和对人体的操纵对于可见的、有形的性别生产至关重要。在我们的研究中，我们探索了时尚和服装博物馆如何应对这种转变，更具体地说，是通过在博物馆展览空间中使用人体模型来表现身体。我们从当前“性别革命”的历史和当代背景开始，并报告对我们领域内的博物馆专业人士的调查结果，这些专业人士经常与人体模型合作展示他们的服装系列。