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Fashionable Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies, and Lumbersexuals

Fashionable Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies, and Lumbersexuals

Vicki Karaminas (Editor), Adam Geczy (Editor), Pamela Church Gibson (Editor), Christopher Breward (Foreword by), Vicki Karaminas (Contributions by), Justine Taylor (Contributions by), Nigel Lezama (Contributions by), Michael McMillan (Contributions by), Vlad Strukov (Contributions by), Jay McCauley Bowstead (Contributions by), Jonathan Allan (Contributions by), Adam Geczy (Contributions by), Andrew Reilly (Contributions by), Barry Judd (Contributions by), Nikita Vanderbyl (Contributions by), Pamela Church Gibson (Contributions by), Shaun Cole (Contributions by), Ben Barry (Contributions by), Olga Vainshtein (Contributions by), Victor Vey (Contributions by), Anne Peirson-Smith (Contributions by), Jennifer Craik (Contributions by)
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Publication Date: July 15th, 2022
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press
ISBN:
9781978823297
Pages:
274
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Description

Fashionable Masculinities explores the expression of masculinities through constructions of fashion, identity, style and appearance as the third decade of the new millennium begins: a contradictory and precarious moment when masculinities are defined by protests and pandemics whilst being problematized across class, ethnicity, race, gender and sexuality. Whilst a majority of men might still define themselves as ‘traditional,’ post-millennials are now talking about how they envision a future without gender boundaries and borders. Rather than being defined as a gender, masculinity has now become a style that can be worn and performed as traditional and normative codes of masculinity are modulated and manipulated. This volume includes original essays on musical pop sensation Harry Styles, rapper and producer “Puff Daddy” Sean Combs, lumbersexuals, spornosexuals, sexy daddies, and aging cool black daddies. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars, this book interrogates and challenges the meaning of masculinities and the ways that they are experienced and lived. 

About the Author

VICKI KARAMINAS is Professor of Fashion at Massey University New Zealand and Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre of Visual Arts, the University of Melbourne, Australia. She edits and sits on a number of editorial and advisory boards and is the Chair of Trustees for the Association of Dress Historians and the founding President of the Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand.

ADAM GECZY is an artist and writer who teaches at the University of Sydney. His exhibitions across Australia and Europe have received considerable critical acclaim and his work appears in numerous national collections. With some twenty books, in 2009 he won the Choice award for best academic title in art. 

PAMELA CHURCH GIBSON is Reader in Film & Cultural Studies at the London College of Fashion and has published extensively on film, fashion, and heritage. She is the founder and Principal Editor of the journal Film, Fashion & Consumption, and Principal Editor of the book series, Films and Fashions at Edinburgh University Press. Her articles on film and on fashion can be found in various peer-reviewed journals, and her books include: The Oxford Guide to Film Studies, with John Hill, Fashion Cultures, with Stella Bruzzi, and Fashion and Celebrity Culture.

Praise for Fashionable Masculinities: Queers, Pimp Daddies, and Lumbersexuals

"It is not just queers, pimp daddies, and lumbersexuals who rendezvous on this volume; it is a whole spectrum of masculinities: blak-indigenous men, gym bros, ageing action heroes, retro hipsters, Harry, and gen-Z influencers. Masculinities are legion: fluid, complex, and poised to forever resist essentializing binaries and gender signifiers. This timely volume, written by top experts in the field, offers a thorough insight into the design, advertising, retail, and consumption of fashionable masculinities."
 
— José Blanco F.

"This text represents the future of men’s fashion studies. It symbolizes a pivotal turn for understanding this discipline. The contributors take us on a journey through men’s fashion from the beginning into contemporary style. This book is crucial for anyone interested in men’s appearances, fashion, and lifestyles."
— Joseph H. Hancock, II

"It is not just queers, pimp daddies, and lumbersexuals who rendezvous on this volume; it is a whole spectrum of masculinities: blak-indigenous men, gym bros, ageing action heroes, retro hipsters, Harry, and gen-Z influencers. Masculinities are legion: fluid, complex, and poised to forever resist essentializing binaries and gender signifiers. This timely volume, written by top experts in the field, offers a thorough insight into the design, advertising, retail, and consumption of fashionable masculinities."
 
— José Blanco F.

"This text represents the future of men’s fashion studies. It symbolizes a pivotal turn for understanding this discipline. The contributors take us on a journey through men’s fashion from the beginning into contemporary style. This book is crucial for anyone interested in men’s appearances, fashion, and lifestyles."
— Joseph H. Hancock, II

"Contributors include some of the best minds in their field ... and the book’s 16 chapters are accessible to anyone interested in gender and clothing. ...Fashionable Masculinities picks apart our understanding of manhood, showing how 'masculinity has become a style that can be worn, assumed — or abjured.'"
— Derek Guy