Shaun Cole

Gay Men's Style (eBook, PDF)

Fashion, Dress and Sexuality in the 21st Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474249171
• Artikelnr.: 68462257

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Identities, subject positions and Intersectionality
Defining Style, Fashion and Dress Methodological approaches Chapter
arrangement 1. What's the difference?: Situating Gay Men in the New
Millennium 'How to spot a millennial homo: differences in gay and straight
men's dress Well-dressed gay men - a stereotype What is gay style? '. made
me gay': Cultural Influences on gay men's dress choices Hipster /
Metrosexual /Homosexual - where is the gay/straight border? 2. Gender[ed]
play Femininity, effeminacy and drag Gay masculinities and 'butch' styles
of dress Gender ambiguities in gay men's dressed appearance 3. Millennial
Gay bodies Mesomorphic bodies, muscularity and the gym Ectomorphic Skinny
and Slim Bodies Endomorphic Bigger, Heavier, Fatter Bodies Body
Modifications: Tattoos Bodily presentations on social media 4. Coming out
and first gay styles Thinking about coming out Teenage coming out and
effeminacy Punk, goth and emo as a defining teenage gay style Coming out
and adopting gay styles of dress Coming out - an ongoing process Coming out
in later life 5. Bars, clubs and scenes Comparing categories of bars, clubs
and scenes (might need a better title) Muscularity on the global circuit
party scene Bear Scene (sub)culture Alternative Queer scenes Loss of gay
scenes and spaces 6. Dressing in and for relationships Dressing to pick up
Dressing like the object of desire Sexual Attraction and masculinity and
femininity Feeling attractive and looking sexy Hair and Sexual attraction
Dressing for dates Coupledom: shared wardrobes and similar styles The
influence of partners and relationships on personal style Shopping together
and gifting clothes in relationships 7. Creating the gay wardrobe Physical
wardrobe and clothing arrangements Choosing in the morning Assembling
outfits Smart versus casual Variety versus uniformity Dress codes and
regulations 8. We're Here, We're Queer, Are We Going Shopping? From High
street to High-end designer Following Fashion Trends? The Price is Right
Physical stores or online retailers? Vintage and Second Hand 9. Dressing
for Work Formality at work Uniformity in Retail and Sales? Fashionability
at work Artistic and Creative Performance as work, work as performance 10.
Comfort and fit Baggy, loose and comfortable Close-fitting and Tailored
Comfort and Confidence Fashionability, Integrity and Authenticity
Well-fitting garments and age-appropriate comfort 11. Ambiguities of Age
and Ageing Awareness of age and ageing Changing with age Age-appropriate
choices Ageing and hair Age and Health concerns Ageing capital Conclusion