• 복식
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• 제63권5호
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• pp.151-166
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• 2013

In order to create a national myth and be able to control international society, America with her short national history, used popular culture to accomplish these goals. The medium fit this purpose the best was the use of superhero characters based on comics. Born and developed from the 1930s through the 1960s, which could be seen as America's national crisis era, superhero characters were thorough advocates of American justice and was perfect for the role of spreading the legitimacy of American ideology. From the 1970s, superhero characters became part of movies and became even more influential through the Hollywood's massive film industry and the box office success. American ideology in superhero characters symbolically appeared in movie costumes. Starting with Superman and Batman, the very first and typical superhero characters' costumes work as metaphors for realization of American justice. After the 1980s, superheroes were newly developed through a genre called graphic novel and the most representative piece of this genre is Alan Moore's Watchmen. In the Watchmen, which was also turn into a movie in 2009, six changed superhero characters appear ranging from a non-human superhero, villain superhero, superhero with mental disorder and superhero with sexual impotency, the characters were never-seen-before superheroes with different aspects that connote introspection and philosophical ideology. The changed type of heroes and ideology became another form of heroes, and this brought changes to character costumes that were never considered before. The superhero costumes that used to symbolize America now express different types of superhero by borrowing exotic mythical elements, undressing, pastiche and daily life clothes. The superhero characters and their changes in costumes from Watchmen imply American popular culture's introspective tendency. Amongst these changes, we need to raise our critical vision towards popular culture.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.433-440
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• 2020

아프로 퓨쳐리즘은 아프리카의 문화와 예술, SF소설, 역사, 판타지, '흑인 중심주의'와 환상적 리얼리즘 등의 요소를 접목한 미래적 문화기류이다. 본 연구의 목적은 《블랙 팬서》에 나타난 문화적 배경을 통해 아프로 퓨쳐리즘의 개념과 아프리카 문화의 특징을 정리하고, 영화 캐릭터의 코스튬 특성을 분석하여 아프로 퓨쳐리즘이 내포한 특성을 분석하는 것이다. 연구 방법은 이론적 고찰과 영화 코스튬 사례 분석을 통한 결과 도출로 이루어졌다. 이론적 고찰은 아프로 퓨처리즘과 슈퍼히어로에 관한 선행연구를 통한 문헌 조사를 실시하였고, 주요 사례는 《블랙 팬서》에 나온 주인공의 코스튬과 주요 캐릭터의 복식을 중심으로 수집하였다. 분석 결과에 따른 아프로 퓨처리즘의 예술적 특성은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 사회적 소수자를 위한 예술의 저항성, 둘째, 문화의 반동효과를 통한 흑인 예술의 정체성 확립, 셋째, SF 환타지를 통한 예술적 치유성이다.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.473-487
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to analyze the body type and fashion of posthuman in SF movies. The method of this study was to analyze documentaries, internet web site, fashion books and so forth. The results were as follows: The body types of posthuman were expressed as mutation type, prosthetic type, clone type by biological hybrid or renovation and digital type by computer simulation. The mutation type was expressed as reinforcement of masculinity or feminity and reinforcement of body functions. The fashion item was expressed as a black tailored suit, leather jacket, cat suit, whip, black sunglass, garter belt, high heel shoes, short pants, black one piece dress and functional body suit. The prosthetic type was expressed as reinforcement of body functions and reinforcement of masculinity or feminity. The fashion item was expressed as a military item, high-tech power suit and ergonomic armor suit. The clone type was expressed as the plural ego with reinforcement of body functions. The fashion item was expressed as a power shoulder jacket, fake fur coat, vinyl, black see-through look and functional suit. The digital type was expressed as reinforcement of masculinity or feminity and the plural ego with reinforcement of body functions. The fashion item was expressed as a data suit, leather jacket, black over coat, boots, black sun glass, ethnic items and military items. The meanings of posthuman fashion in SF movies were impurity of posthuman, display of superhuman's power by sexuality, metaphor of power and fantasy of superhero in opposition futuristic dystopia. As mentioned above, posthuman body type and fashion in SF movies become the conversational topic in the real world. The fact that we think about utopia and identity of posthuman in the future is of great significance.