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Zusatztext This seems rather unknown! but refreshingly eye opening book reveals hidden agenda of same sax dress code issues! especially gay women and delightfully researched in depth from eighteen century to lipstick lesbian. It opens and assists to new menswear genre. Informationen zum Autor Adam Geczy is an artist and writer who teaches at Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney, Australia. Vicki Karaminas is Professor of Fashion and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Design, Massey University, New Zealand, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre of Visual Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia. Klappentext Examines the function of subcultural dress within queer communities. Zusammenfassung Offers an account of queer fashionability in historical as well as contemporary lifestyles. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroductionChapter 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 dressingChapter 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 ChicChapter 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 SayChapter Four: Kiss of the Whip. Bondage, Discipline and Sado-Masochism, or BDSM Style Military Uniforms and the Gestapo Clips, Clamps Leather and AccessoriesChapter Five: Drag. Of Kings and Queens Dames, Divas and Queens Drag Balls Kinging and Club CultureChapter 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 ThailandConclusion: Against Justification...
