"The Steadiness of a Demolition Expert:" Craft Skill in 1960s Eye Makeup
| dc.contributor.author | Lorentz, Kae Anne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-26T20:28:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-26T20:28:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the relationship between makeup and craft, reframing makeup as a craft praxis and the body as a craft object, using the case study of the “cut crease” technique of eye makeup application popularized in the 1960s. In doing so, I examine how-to content from the mid-20th century in order to show that the 1960s were an inflection point in the history of makeup due to a reconfiguring of boundaries between “professional” and “amateur” skillsets and a broadening of the vocabulary used to describe makeup techniques among non-professionals. The final portion of this paper is an in-depth firsthand description of a series of three different makeup applications featuring different permutations of the cut crease technique using instructions, tools, and products analogous to ones available to middle-class American consumers in the 1960s. This illustrates the skills and specialized knowledge required to create such a look as well as the limitations of the how-to content of the era. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12667/65 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.title | "The Steadiness of a Demolition Expert:" Craft Skill in 1960s Eye Makeup | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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