Queer style

Geczy, Adam (author.). Karaminas, Vicki, (author.).

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, 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781350050723 (ebook)
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations.
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Publisher: [London] : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previously issued in print: 2013, published online in 2018.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contents Introduction Chapter One: 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 Chapter Two: Lesbian Style: From Mannish Women to Lipstick Dykes Mannish Lesbians and Salon Dandies Lesbian Bar Culture of the Forties and Fifties Feminist Androgyny and Anti Style Cross Dressing and Androgynous Style Designer Dykes and Lesbian Chic Chapter Three: Gay Men's Style: From Macaroni to Metrosexual Macaronis and Fops Dandies, Aesthetes, Oscar Wilde, and the Early Days of Queer Style The Artistic Avant-garde and the Years Pending World War II Artistic Bent. Warhol, Glam and Pop Gay Activism, Gay pride, Clowns and Clones Contemporary Queer: Hard to Say Chapter Four: Kiss of the Whip. Bondage, Discipline and Sado-Masochism, or BDSM Style Military Uniforms and the Gestapo Clips, Clamps Leather and Accessories Chapter Five: Drag. Of Kings and Queens Dames, Divas and Queens Drag Balls Kinging and Club Culture Chapter Six: 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 Lady Boys and Tom Boys of Thailand Conclusion: Against Justification
Target Audience Note:	Specialized.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 5, 2018).