Overview
Background
Associate Professor Margaret Maynard’s research is interests include Australian dress, identity and fashion; fashion photography and gender studies.
Her current research includes dress studies, history of fashion, and Australian fashion photography.
She is the author of:
- Fashioned from Penury: Dress as Cultural Practice in Colonial Australia, CU Press (Cambridge University) 1994.
- Out of Line: Australian Women and Style, Uni. of New South Wales Press, 2001.
- Dress and Globalisation, Manchester Uni. Press, 2004.
Dr Maynard is a dress historian and an Honorary Consultant of the Queensland Museum.
Availability
- Associate Professor Margaret Maynard is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, Rhodes University
- Masters (Coursework), University College London
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Works
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2000
Journal Article
Staging masculinity: Late 19C photographs of indigenous men
Maynard, Margaret (2000). Staging masculinity: Late 19C photographs of indigenous men. Journal of Australian Studies, 24 (66), 129-137. doi: 10.1080/14443050009387618
2000
Journal Article
Tokyo Vogue: Couture at risk
Maynard, Margaret (2000). Tokyo Vogue: Couture at risk. Eyeline, 42 (Autumn/Winter), 20-42.
2000
Book Chapter
What to wear for Holy Communion
Maynard, M. (2000). What to wear for Holy Communion. Imaginary Materials: a Seminar with Michael Carter. (pp. 23-27) edited by John Macarthur. Brisbane: IMA Publishing.
2000
Book Chapter
Indigenous dress
Maynard, M. (2000). Indigenous dress. Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture. (pp. 384-390) edited by Sylvia Kleiner and Margo Neale. Melbourne: Oxford UP.
2000
Journal Article
Grassroots style. Reevaluating Australian fashion and Aboriginal art in the 70s and 80s
Maynard, M. (2000). Grassroots style. Reevaluating Australian fashion and Aboriginal art in the 70s and 80s. Journal of Design History, 13 (2), 137-150. doi: 10.1093/jdh/13.2.137
1999
Journal Article
Ann Maxwell: Colonial photography and exhibitions
Maynard, M. (1999). Ann Maxwell: Colonial photography and exhibitions. Journal of Australian Studies (61), 202-203.
1999
Journal Article
The Red Centre: The quest for 'authenticity' in Australian dress
Maynard, M. (1999). The Red Centre: The quest for 'authenticity' in Australian dress. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, 3 (2), 175-196.
1999
Journal Article
Living dolls: The fashion model in Australia
Maynard, Margaret (1999). Living dolls: The fashion model in Australia. Journal of Popular Culture, 33 (1), 191-205. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1999.3301_191.x
1990
Journal Article
Civilian clothing and fabric supplies: the development of fashionable dressing in Sydney, 1790-1830
Maynard, M. (1990). Civilian clothing and fabric supplies: the development of fashionable dressing in Sydney, 1790-1830. Textile History, 21 (1), 87-100.
1980
Journal Article
Aspects of taste : exhibitions of art in Brisbane 1876-1887
Maynard, Margaret. (1980). Aspects of taste : exhibitions of art in Brisbane 1876-1887. John Oxley journal: a bulletin for historical research in Queensland, 1 (6), 16-29.
1980
Book
Fine art exhibitions in Brisbane, 1884-1916
Brown, Julie K. and Maynard, Margaret (1980). Fine art exhibitions in Brisbane, 1884-1916. St. Lucia, Qld. : Fryer Memorial Library, University of Queensland.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2002
Doctor Philosophy
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF EXPLORATION: A STUDY OF GENRE, VISION AND VISUAL REPRESENTATION IN NINETEENTH CENTURY JOURNALS AND REPORTS OF AUSTRALIAN INLAND EXPLORATION
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Recruiting the Nation: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Second World War Australian Propaganda Posters and Greek Popular Icons
Associate Advisor
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