A Fractured Femininity: A Post-feminist Narrative Analysis of Ellen von Unwerth's Commercial and Artistic Creative

• In Event: Visual Communication Concepts

Abstract

This research addresses the importance of Ellen von Unwerth and her photography in fashion and fine art. The research includes an overview of post-feminism and an argument for its use in looking at mass media photography, a new methodology employed to study von Unwerth’s photographs for Guess in 2003 and her book Revenge, which was published in 2003, and an examination of the photographs from Guess and Revenge within the fairytale and fantasy framework.

Authors

• Elizabeth C. Crawford, North Dakota State University

• Timothy Gleason, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh