Queer style / Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geczy, Adam.

Contributor:

Karaminas, Vicki.

Series:

Subcultural style series

Subcultural style series, 1955-0629

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay people--Clothing.

Gay people.

Lesbians--Clothing.

Lesbians.

Male impersonators--Clothing.

Male impersonators.

Female impersonators--Clothing.

Female impersonators.

Trans people--Clothing.

Trans people.

Sadomasochists--Clothing.

Sadomasochists.

Fashion--Social aspects.

Fashion.

Clothing and dress.

Transgender people.

Physical Description:

xiii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Summary:

"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 kingsand drag queens. Divided into three main sections on history, subculturalidentity 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.

Contents:

The meaning of style between classic and queer

Lesbian style : from mannish women to lipstick dykes

Gay men's style : from macaroni to metrosexual

Kiss of the whip : bondage, discipline and sadomasochism, or BDSM style

Drag : of kings and queens

Crossing genders, crossing cultures

Conclusion : against justification

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-177) and index.

ISBN:

9781847881953

1847881955

1847881963

9781847881960

9781847887368

1847887368

OCLC:

642214614

Publisher Number:

99954773724