Queer Style

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Synopsis

Queer Style offers an insight into queer fashionability by addressing the role that clothing has played in historical and contemporary lifestyles. From a fashion studies perspective, it examines the function of subcultural dress within queer communities and the mannerisms and messages that are used as signifiers of identity. Diverse dress is examined, including effeminate 'pansy,' masculine macho 'clone,' the 'lipstick' and 'butch' lesbian styles and the extreme styles of drag kings and drag queens. Divided into three main sections on history, subcultural identity and subcultural style, Queer Style will be of particular interest to students of dress and fashion as well as those coming to subculture from sociology and cultural studies.

Book details

Series:
Subcultural Style
Author:
Adam Geczy, Vicki Karaminas
ISBN:
9781847887368
Related ISBNs:
9781847881953
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2019-01-17
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2010
Copyright by:
Adam Geczy, Vicki Karaminas 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Sociology