Queer Style (Subcultural Style)
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1847881963 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-09 |
| 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. From a fashion studies perspective, it examines the function of subcultural dress within queer communities and the mannerisms and messages that are used as signifiers of identity. Queer Style offers an insight into queer fashionability by addressing the role that clothing has played in historical and contemporary lifestyles. 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.
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. Hancock, II Drexel University, USA)Much of what counts as queer theory now, and in recent years, has danced around the question of style. It assembles iconic stylish and fashionable gay, lesbian, transgendered and queer characters such as: dandies and dykes, leather-boys and lipstick lesbians. I thoroughly recommend this book. (Dr. While there has been a tremendous amount of writing in queer studies, none has combined it with fashion and style to give us a fresh look at fashion studies. The subject of GLBTQ fashion and style has been sadly neglected and this book marks a clear redresseing of that neglect. (Joseph H. With panache and humor, this much-anticipated text is the first extensive analysis of both fashion s
She is the editor of The Men's Fashion Reader (Berg, 2009), Fashion in Fiction (Berg, 2009) and The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture.. Adam Geczy is an artist and writer. She is the Executive Director and Chair of Fashion for the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand and the Chair for Subcultural Style and Identity for the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. He is Senior Lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, Australia, and
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