TY - JOUR
T1 - “Wearing Me Place on Me Face”
T2 - Scousebrows, Placemaking and Everyday Creativity
AU - Wilkinson, Catherine
AU - Wilkinson, Samantha
AU - Saron, Holly
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/7/29
Y1 - 2019/7/29
N2 - This paper emerges from a multidisciplinary research project called “Brews and Brows: Shaping Stories from Eyebrows to Scousebrows” that entailed gathering stories about eyebrow grooming from women and men from the city of Liverpool, UK, and creating a new taxonomy of the eyebrow where none currently exists. The point of departure for this paper is to challenge the negative commentary on the Scousebrow in the press and social media by engaging people in discussions surrounding the personal significance of eyebrow shaping and styling. In challenging this denigration, this paper uses data from in-depth interviews with eyebrow artists and clients and ethnographic interviews at a four-day event held in Liverpool. This paper argues that the everyday (little c) creative practice of eyebrow grooming is not only an important part of crafting and performing identity, particularly for Scouse women, but also an example of bottom-up placemaking in the city of Liverpool.
AB - This paper emerges from a multidisciplinary research project called “Brews and Brows: Shaping Stories from Eyebrows to Scousebrows” that entailed gathering stories about eyebrow grooming from women and men from the city of Liverpool, UK, and creating a new taxonomy of the eyebrow where none currently exists. The point of departure for this paper is to challenge the negative commentary on the Scousebrow in the press and social media by engaging people in discussions surrounding the personal significance of eyebrow shaping and styling. In challenging this denigration, this paper uses data from in-depth interviews with eyebrow artists and clients and ethnographic interviews at a four-day event held in Liverpool. This paper argues that the everyday (little c) creative practice of eyebrow grooming is not only an important part of crafting and performing identity, particularly for Scouse women, but also an example of bottom-up placemaking in the city of Liverpool.
KW - creativity
KW - eyebrows
KW - Liverpool
KW - placemaking
KW - Scousebrow
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U2 - 10.1080/1362704X.2019.1628525
DO - 10.1080/1362704X.2019.1628525
M3 - Article (journal)
AN - SCOPUS:85102440822
SN - 1362-704X
VL - 25
SP - 395
EP - 418
JO - Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture
JF - Fashion Theory - Journal of Dress Body and Culture
IS - 3
ER -