Elizabeth Kutesko (PhD 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art) is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Saint Martins. She is the author ofÌýFashioning Brazil: Globalization and the Representation of Brazilian Dress in National GeographicÌý(Bloomsbury, 2018) and has published an article based upon her research in the Brazilian Fashion Special Edition ofÌýFashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and CultureÌý(November 2016). Her research interests are Latin American bodily practices and the intersection between fashion, cultural identity, representation and power. She has 5 years of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students from a range of disciplinary perspectives and international backgrounds.
Education
AHRC-funded PhD completed at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art in 2016, examining the representation of Brazilian dress inÌýNational GeographicÌý³¾²¹²µ²¹³ú¾±²Ô±ð.
Teaching
Lecturer in Cultural Studies at Central Saint Martins across the BA Fashion, Textiles and Jewellery programmes. Since 2012, she has taught BA and MA courses in dress, body and visual culture at the 91ÖÆƬ³§ Institute of Art, NYU London, the Royal College of Art, University for the Creative Arts, and Winchester School of Art.
Research interests
- Dress, fashion and the clothed body
- Latin American photography and film
- Latin American fashion cultures
- The nuances and complexities of representation
- The politics of globalisation
- Visual and material cultures in global contexts
- Local and global intersections in fashion and photography
- Embodiment and sensory perception
Recent publications
Fashioning Brazil: Globalization and the Representation of Brazilian dress in National Geographic.Ìýµþ±ô´Ç´Ç³¾²õ²ú³Ü°ù²â’sÌýDress and Fashion ResearchÌýbook series, ed. by Joanne Eicher, 2018.Ìý
‘Fashioning Brazil: National Identity and the Politics of Globalisation in Contemporary Brazilian Fashion Photography.’ÌýPhotoworks Annual, Special Edition: Fashion and Style Politics,Ìý(November 2016)
‘Fashioning Brazil: Globalization and the Representation of Brazilian Dress in National Geographic Since 1988.’ÌýFashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture, Special Edition: Brazilian Fashion,Ìý(2016), (
Ìý‘Snapshot: Brazilian Women’s Lycra Clothing.’ÌýBerg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion,Ìý2: Latin America and the Caribbean (2015), (
‘Brazilian Fashion Designers.’ÌýBerg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion,Ìý2: Latin America and the Caribbean (2015), (
‘Moroccan Fashion Designers.’ÌýBerg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion,Ìý1: Africa (2014), (
‘Snapshot: 21st-Century Moroccan Women’s Dress.’ÌýBerg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion,Ìý1: Africa (2014), (
‘Problems and Tensions in the Representation of theÌýSapeurs, as Demonstrated in the Work of Two Twenty-First Century Italian Photographers.’ÌýImmediations,Ìý3: 2 (2013), pp. 61-78.