DRESS AS PROSTHESIS

Non-normative Bodies as Presence in Contemporary Fashion

The ‘normal’ body is a fiction – yet it remains the standard against which all bodies are measured. It is a construct continuously reproduced by the fashion and film industries, rendering some bodies invisible while turning others into spectacle. But what do we actually mean when we describe a body as ‘normal’?

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