COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Using Fashion to Explore the Process of Identity Integration through the Lens of Chinese Migrant Workers
Creator:
Zhou, Libo
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Fashion
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Fashion
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
"In modern China, migrant workers have come from rural countryside and helped build
infrastructure in mega cities. With a hope of better life, contemporary migrant workers try to adjust
themselves both mentally and externally in order to integrate with urban city life. Their identity
integration progress is facing numerous challenges and difficulties from different aspects. This
thesis studies Chinese migrant workers’ consumption behaviors during the 'in-between' stage of
their time in cities as a direct reflection of how they adjust to city life. The designer also examined
how other artists and fashion designers deliver messages through expressive visual representation
and sensory experience. The final collection used silhouette, color and prints to archive visual representations of
transitional identities. Through research and studio practice on material exploration and design
details, the goal for this collection is to investigate the utilization of fashion as a tool to project a
transformational image of oneself that can reflect the mental and external undergoing of the
'in-between' stage of any form of identity integration."
infrastructure in mega cities. With a hope of better life, contemporary migrant workers try to adjust
themselves both mentally and externally in order to integrate with urban city life. Their identity
integration progress is facing numerous challenges and difficulties from different aspects. This
thesis studies Chinese migrant workers’ consumption behaviors during the 'in-between' stage of
their time in cities as a direct reflection of how they adjust to city life. The designer also examined
how other artists and fashion designers deliver messages through expressive visual representation
and sensory experience. The final collection used silhouette, color and prints to archive visual representations of
transitional identities. Through research and studio practice on material exploration and design
details, the goal for this collection is to investigate the utilization of fashion as a tool to project a
transformational image of oneself that can reflect the mental and external undergoing of the
'in-between' stage of any form of identity integration."
Abstract:
Keywords: fashion, Chinese migrant worker, contemporary, rural, urban, identity
integration, sensory experience, consumption behaviors, transformation
integration, sensory experience, consumption behaviors, transformation
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2019-05
Format:
PDF : 49 pages, illustrations (chiefly color)