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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Geczy, Adam
• Karaminas, Vicki

Titel

Fashion and masculinities in popular culture

Ist Teil von

• Routledge research in cultural and media studies : 113 (Alle Bände)

Ort / Verlag

New York ; London : Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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• Inhaltsverzeichnis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
• Introduction1. Vampire Dandies1.1 The Dandy1.2 The "Crisis of Masculinity"1.3 Metrosexuality and the Cult of Self1.4 The vampire of Capital and Commodity1.5 Queer Vampire Masculinities2. Playboys2.1 Commodified Masculinities2.2 On the Virtues of Bachelorhood2.3 The Bachelor Pad, or the Sexual Lair2.4 James Bond 0072.5 Fashioning 0073. Hipsters3.1 The White Negro3.2 Hipster vs Beatnik3.3 Hipster Style4. Sailors4.1 Men in Uniform4.2 The Seepage of Sailor into Life and Lore4.4 Sailors Big and Small4.5 Disciplined but Naughty Boys4.6 Bell Bottoms and Fly Fronts4.7 Sailor Chic. From Boardwalk to Catwalk.5. Cowboys and Bushmen5.1 Unknown Frontiers5.2 Celluloid Cowboys5.3 The Australian Bushman5.4 Bushwear for Bushmen6. Leather Men6.1 Reel Men6.2 The Black Leather Motorcycle Jacket6.3 Leathermen6.4 Men of Rock6.5 Greesers and Punks7. Superheroes7.1 The Origin Stories7.2 Masked Masculinity and the Phallic Hero7.3 The Costume, or the Superheros Struggle with Fashion7.4 The Fabric of Superheroes7.5 Everyone’s a Superhero. Role-Play and Cosplay7.6 Who Does Batman Bat for?8. Gangstas8.1 "Ghettocentricity" and Street Cred8.2 Early Gangsta Style. Pachucos and the Zoot Suit8.3 Leave Political Correctness at the Door. Gangsta’s Paradise8.4 The Tyranny of Masculinity8.5 White GangstasConclusion
• Popular culture in the latter half of the twentieth century precipitated a decisive change in style and body image. Postwar film, television, radio shows, pulp fiction and comics placed heroic types firmly within public consciousness. This book concentrates on these heroic male types as they have evolved from the postwar era and their relationship to fashion to the present day. As well as demonstrating the role of male icons in contemporary society, this book’s originality also lies in showing the many gender slippages that these icons help to effect or expose. It is by exploring the somewhat inviolate types accorded to contemporary masculinity that we see the very fragility of a stable or rounded male identity.