Research Catalog

Queer style

Title
Queer style [electronic resource] / Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas.
Author
Geczy, Adam
Publication
London, England : Bloomsbury, 2020.

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Details

Additional Authors
Karaminas, Vicki
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Summary
'Queer Style' offers an insight into queer fashionability by addressing the role that clothing has played in historical and contemporary lifestyles.
Series Statement
Subcultural style series
Uniform Title
  • Queer style (Online)
  • Subcultural style series.
Alternative Title
Queer style (Online)
Subject
  • Gay people > Clothing
  • Fashion > Social aspects
Note
  • Previously issued in print: 2013.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Audience (note)
  • Specialized.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also published in print.
System Details (note)
  • Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents
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.
LCCN
10.5040/9781350050723
OCLC
ssib030723848
Author
Geczy, Adam.
Title
Queer style [electronic resource] / Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas.
Imprint
London, England : Bloomsbury, 2020.
Series
Subcultural style series
Subcultural style series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Audience
Specialized.
Additional Formats
Also published in print.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of description
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 5, 2018).
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Karaminas, Vicki.
Other Form:
Print version: (OCoLC)1019977493 1
Other Standard Identifier
10.5040/9781350050723 doi
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