Gay Men's Style - Fashion, Dress and Sexuality in the 21st Century

Through an astonishing series of interviews, Gay Men''s Style will take you on a dizzying journey through shops, bars, clubs, gyms, workplaces and global city streets. Based on the lived experience of gay men of all ages from the UK, USA, Europe, Australia and Japan, Shaun Cole calls for a more nuanced understanding of gay male dress and style.Gay male identities in the 21st century are increasingly intersectional, fluid and flexible, from hyper-masculinity and muscularity seen in clubs and on the pages of gay magazines to self-knowing drag culture and androgynous gender play in the fashion industry. Gay Men''s Style explores these multiple identities and the ways in which gay men self-identify and present themselves to the world through dress. This analysis is set alongside seismic shifts in technology, global communication and gay rights to redress and readdress the subject of gay men''s style in a time of social and sexual upheaval.>

About the author

Shaun Cole is Associate Professor in Fashion at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Shaun Cole, Cole Shaun
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2023
• EAN: 9781474249157
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-4915-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 190 mm x 244 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Dress, Body, Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, 21st Century, Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Fashion & textiles: design, Fashion and textile design, Relating to LGBTQ+ people