Queer Style (Subcultural Style)
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847881963 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Diverse dress is examined, including effeminate 'pansy,' masculine macho 'clone,' the 'lipstick' and 'butch' lesbian styles and the extreme styles of drag kings and drag queens. Divided into three main sections on history, subcultural identity and subcultural style, Queer Style will be of particular interest to students of dress and fashion as well as those coming to subculture from sociology and cultural studies.. Queer Style offers an insight into queer fashionability by addressing the role that clothing has played in historical and contemporary lifestyles. From a fashion studies perspective, it examines the function of subcultural dress within queer communities and the mannerisms and message
BRILLIANT! Miguel Cruz .a history of 'Coming Out' through sartorial discourse BRILLIANT!
She is the editor of The Men's Fashion Reader (Berg, 2009), Fashion in Fiction (Berg, 2009) and The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture.. He is Senior Lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, Australia, and author of several books including (with Michael Carter) Reframing Art (Berg, 2005) and Art: Histories, Theories and Exceptions (Berg, 2008), a Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2009.Vicki Karaminas<
As to whether you can wear white shoes after summer's end, blue and green together or a meat dress to the Oscars.you are on your own. With panache and humor, this much-anticipated text is the first extensive analysis of both fashion scholarship and queer theory - it undoubtedly is destined to become a classic. (Professor Jack Halberstam, author of The Queer Art of Failure and Gaga Feminism)This is an extremely important book. The depth of research as well the global aspects of the book make this an invaluable text for accomplished scholars and to students from a range of academic courses. Is style the name for a self-fashioni