Panel 3: Gender

Face Off: The Provocation and possibilities of masks and head coverings. An online symposium hosted by the Manchester Fashion Institute on 13 and 14 January 2021 to explore the agency of face masks and head coverings across different chronologies, cultures and geographies ---------------------------- Chair: Dr Elizabeth Kealy-Morris, MMU, UK PAPER 1: Dr Alison Matthews David & Myriam Couturier, Ryerson University, Canada Title of Paper: Toxic Masculinities: Men, masks and criminality past and present PAPER 2: Professor Andrew Groves & Dr Danielle Sprecher, University of Westminster, UK Title of Paper: Masking Masculinity: An overview of the mask in menswear before and after Covid-19