Artificial bodies constructed in human likeness; from uncanny automatons to mechanical dolls; have long played a complex and subtle role in human identity and culture. This book takes a range of these bodies; from antiquity to the present day; to explore how we seek out echoes; caricatures and replications of ourselves in order to make sense of the complex world in which we live. Packed with case studies; from the commedia delarte to Hans Bellmer and the 1980s supermodel; this volume explores the divide between the "realdagger;? and the constructed. Arguing that the body "otherdagger;? plays a crucial role in the formation of the self physically and psychologically; leading scholar Adam Geczy contends that the "naturaldagger;? body has been replaced by a series of imaginary archetypes in our post-modern world; central to which is the figure of the doll. The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art provides a much-needed synthesis of constructed bodies across time and place; drawing on fashion theory; theatre studies and material culture; to explore what the body means in the realms of identity; gender; performance and art.
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