Special Issue: MasculinitiesThe overwhelming majority of books and articles on fashion focus on women. But of course men get dressed too. The prevailing stereotype is that women spend more time thinking about and buying clothes, but not only do the essays in this stimulating issue overturn this stereotype -- they also show that, historically at least, men's clothes were of paramount importance to their self-presentation, particularly with respect to sexual identity.Peter McNeil: Macaroni MasculinitiesFiona Anderson: Fashioning the Gentleman: A Study of Henry Poole and Co., Saville Row Tailors 1861-1900Laura Ugolini: Clothes and he Modern Man in 1930s OxfordBecky Conekin: Fashioning the Playboy: Messages of Style and Masculinity in the Pages of Playboy Magazine, 1953-1963Ulrich Lehmann: Language of the Pursuit: Cary Grant's Clothes in Alfred Hitchcock's 'North by Northwest'Alistair O'Neill: John Stephen: A Carnaby Street Presentation of Masculinity 1957-1975Valerie Steele: Book Review: The Hidden Consumer: Masculinities, fashion and city life 1860-1914 by Christopher Breward
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Höhe: 244 mm
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978-1-85973-422-3 (9781859734223)
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Christopher Breward Professor in Historical and Cultural Studies,London College of Fashion
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Freier Redakteuer; freier Lektor
Edited by Christopher Breward Letter from the Editor Christopher Breward Macaroni Masculinities Peter McNeil Fashioning the Gentleman: A Study of Henry Poole and Co., Saville Row Tailors 1861-1900 Fiona Anderson Clothes and the Modern Man in 1930s Oxford Laura Ugolini Fashioning the Playboy: Messages of Style and Masculinity in the Pages of Playboy Magazine, 1953-1963 Becky Conekin Language of the Pursuit: Cary Grants Clothes in Alfred Hitchcocks North by Northwest Ulrich Lehmann John Stephen: A Carnaby Street Presentation of Masculinity 1957-1975 Alistair ONeill Book Review The Hidden Consumer: Masculinities, fashion and city life 1860-1914 by Christopher Breward Valerie Steele
