The Men's Fashion Reader

Herausgeber: Mcneil, Peter; Karaminas, Vicki

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents key writings in the history, culture and identity of men's fashion. This book contains thematic sections that cover topics such as history, theory, subculture, iconic items of clothing, consumption and the media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1196g
• ISBN-13: 9781845207861
• ISBN-10: 1845207866
• Artikelnr.: 25891447

Autorenporträt

Peter McNeil is Professor of Design History at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and Professor of Fashion Studies at the Centre for Fashion Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden. Vicki Karaminas is Associate Professor in Fashion Theory and Design Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. She holds the Area Chair for 'Subcultural Style and Identity' for the Popular Culture Association of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Field of Men's Fashion
Part 1: A History of Men's Fashion
Section Introduction
1. From Black in Spain to Black in Shakespeare, John Harvey
2. The Three Piece Suit, David Kuchta
3. Macaroni Masculinities, Peter McNeil
4. Thomas Carlyle and 'Sartor Restartus', Michael Carter
5. Dandyism, Visual Games and the Strategies of Representation, Olga
Vainshtein
6. A Tale of Three Louis: Ambiguity, Masculinity and the Bowtie, Rob
Shields
7. Uniforms and the Creation of Ideal Masculinity, Elizabeth
Hackspiel-Mikosch
8. Better and Brighter Clothes: The Men's Dress Reform Party, Barbara
Burman
Annotated Guide to Further Reading
Part 2: Masculinity and Sexuality
Section Introduction
9. California Casual: Lifestyle Marketing and Men's Leisure Wear,
1930-1960, William R. Scott
10. 'His Clothes': Fashionable Gay Masculinity and the Shopping Experience,
London, 1950s-1970s, Clare Lomas
11. Uber Men: Fashionable Heroics and Masculine Style, Vicki Karaminas
12. The Italian Job: Football, Fashion and That Sarong, Stella Bruzzi
13. From Catwalk to Catalogue: Male Models, Masculinity and Identity,
Joanne Entwistle
14. The Transvestite Continuum: Liberace-Valentino-Elvis, Marjorie Garber
15. Dragging It Up and Down: The Glamorised Male Body, Mark Simpson
16. Class, Race and Masculinity: The Superfly, The McDaddy and The Rapper,
Del LaGrace Volcano and Judith Halberstam
Annotated Guide to Further Reading
Part 3: Icons: The Evolution of Men's Wear
Section Introduction
17. The Genesis of the Suit, Anne Hollander
18. The Reinvention of Tailoring, Michael Zakim
19. The Japanese Suit and Modernity, Toby Slade
20. Clothes and the Modern Man in 1930s Oxford, Laura Ugolini
21. A Note: A Charismatic Art: The Balance of Ingratiation and Outrage in
Contemporary Fashion, Richard Martin
22. Modern Masculinity and the Rise of School Uniforms, Jennifer Craik
23. Texas Livestock Auctions: A Folklife Ethnography, George A. Boeck, Jr
24. American Denim: Blue Jeans and Their Multiple Layers of Meaning,
Beverley Gordon
Annotated Guide to Further Reading
Part 4: Subculture
Section Introduction
25. The Zoot Suit: Its History and Influence, Holly Alford
26. Back to Africa: Reggae and Rastafarianism, Dick Hebdige
27. Cultural Responses to the Teds, Tony Jefferson
28. Rock, Fashion and Performativity, Noel McLaughlin
29. The Warhol Look, Mark Francis and Margery King
30. 'Macho Man': Clones and the Development of the Masculine Stereotype,
Shaun Cole
Annotated Guide to Further Reading
Part 5: Consuming and Creating Style
Section Introduction
31. Fashion and the Man: From Suburb to City Street. The Spaces of
Masculine Consumption 1870-1914, Christopher Breward
32. Fashioning the Playboy: Messages of Style and Masculinity in the Pages
of Playboy Magazine, 1953-1963, Becky Conekin
33. 'It was Style with a Capital 'S'': Versions of Being Male Presented at
the Beautillion Ball, Annette Lynch
34. New Men and New Markets, Frank Mort
35. Consuming Masculinities: Style, Content and Men's Magazines, Tim
Edwards
Annotated Guide to Further Reading
Conclusion