| Series |
Subcultural style series
Subcultural style series. ^A1165902
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| Contents |
1. The meaning of style between classic and queer -- Winckelmann and the suppressed homoerotism in modernist style -- A selective history of non-queer, standard, straight and classic dressing -- 2. Lesbian style : from mannish women to lipstick dykes -- Mannish lesbians and salon dandies -- Lesbian bar culture of the 1940s and 1950s -- Feminist androgyny and anti-style -- Cross-dressing and androgynous style -- Designer dykes and lesbian chic -- 3. Gay men's style : from macaroni to metrosexual -- Macaronis and fops -- Dandies and aesthetes : the early days of queer style -- The artistic avant-garde and the years pending the Second World War -- An artistic bent : Warhol, glam and pop -- Gay activism and gay pride : clowns and clones -- Contemporary queer : hard to say -- 4. Kiss of the whip : bondage, discipline and sadomasochism, or BDSM style -- Military uniforms and the Gestapo -- Clips, clamps, leather and accessories -- 5. Drag : of kings and queens -- Dames, divas and queens -- Drag balls -- Kinging and club culture -- 6. Crossing genders, crossing cultures -- Japanese dandy style -- Mardi Gras Boys of Singapore -- Albanian Sworn Virgins -- Polynesian gender crossing -- The Hijra : an alternative gender role in India -- Ladyboys and tomboys of Thailand -- Conclusion : against justification. |
| Summary |
"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 messages that are used as signifiers of identity. 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, subculturalidentity 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-177) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013443771 |
| ISBN | 1847881955 |
| ISBN | 9781847881953 |
| ISBN | 1847881963 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781847881960 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
| Standard identifier# |
99954773724 |
