Not winging it at Hooters: Conventions for producing a cultural object of sexual fantasy

Newton-Francis, Michelle

doi:10.1016/j.poetic.2015.06.003

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“…Up until now, network analysis that traditionally examines concrete structures of social ties, paradoxically, has not considered how these affect the ways individuals utilize physical objects, which are no less concrete. Qualitative micro-perspectives have covered more ground in empirical investigation of materiality (Berns, 2016;Craig, 2011;Griswold et al, 2013;Jarness, 2015;Maisonneuve, 2001;Newton-Francis and Young, 2015). Using ethnographic data they argued that the relations between material things comprise the texture of materiality just like inter-personal ties constitute the texture of the social and hence should not be neglected, and even that materiality has its own structuring logic (Callon et al, 1986;Latour, 2005).…”

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Socio-material network analysis: A mixed method study of five European artistic collectives

Basov

2018

Social Networks

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In this paper, I argue that we can better understand the relationship between social structure and materiality by combining qualitative analysis of practices in shared physical space with statistical analysis. Drawing on the two-mode approach, I treat social and material structures together with the relationship between them as a two-level socio-material network. In a mixed method study, formalized ethnographic data on such networks in five European artistic collectives are subjected to multilevel exponential random graph modelling. It sheds light on how different types of interpersonal ties condition the engagement of individuals with similar materiality over time.

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Socio-material network analysis: A mixed method study of five European artistic collectives

Basov

2018

Social Networks

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“…According to Becker (2008, p. 29), people do not produce artworks totally from scratch, but rather rely on conventions-"earlier agreements now become customary"-to collaborate with each other and invoke emotional and aesthetic responses in the audience. These conventions are not only technical, but also gendered, both reflecting and constituting our understandings of gender (Mears 2010;Newton-Francis and Young 2015). Indeed, the general templates my respondents identified resonate with both sociological studies of gender double standards in interaction, where women and girls are expected to be more modest than men and boys (K. A.…”

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The art worlds of gender performance: cosplay, embodiment, and the collective accomplishment of gender

Yang

2022

J. Chin. Sociol.

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In recent years, cosplay has gained global visibility as a performing art in which fans dress up as fictional characters from anime, comics/manga, or games. Although scholars contend that cosplay exemplifies gender performativity and may even offer a new heuristic for understanding social interactions in general, they rarely examine how gender is performed in cosplay. Taking together the production of culture perspective and interactionist theories of gender, I detail how cosplay participants project gendered sensibilities through conventionalized body movements and modifications. Contrary to the prevailing focus on individual cosplayers, I demonstrate how makeup artists, photographers, and photo editors all contribute to the success of gender play in cosplay. Contrary to simplistic accounts of donning hyper-masculinity/hyper-femininity, I argue that cosplay participants’ pursuit of authenticity makes singular orientation to sex category insufficient and demands a version of masculinity/femininity that also attends to the character’s personality. Situated in the art worlds of cosplay’s production and evaluation, my findings invite scholars to consider the collaboration between cosplayers and their supporting crew as a conceptual heuristic that attunes our attention to the collective accomplishment of gender embodiment, whose multi-authorship is often obscured.

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The Moral Economy of the Brothel

Weinhold

2022

Palgrave Advances in Sex Work Studies

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Not winging it at Hooters: Conventions for producing a cultural object of sexual fantasy

Cited by 8 publications

References 33 publications

Socio-material network analysis: A mixed method study of five European artistic collectives

Socio-material network analysis: A mixed method study of five European artistic collectives

The art worlds of gender performance: cosplay, embodiment, and the collective accomplishment of gender

The Moral Economy of the Brothel

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