Description |
197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm |
Contents |
Material Man / Giannino Malossi -- Rough Manners / Franco La Cecla -- The Invisible Man / Ted Polhemus -- Manufacturing Men's Wear / Andrea Balestri and Marco Ricchetti -- The Comedy of Errors / Antony Shugaar -- Lucha Libre -- Fashioning Men / Valerie Steele -- Tonight, Under My Tongue, Baby / Carlo Antonelli -- Sex Objects / Anna Lombardi -- Mickey Rooney and the Downsizing of Man / Thomas Hine -- Men of Marble -- Odysseus and Male Cunning / Ugo Volli -- Masculine Art / Carlo Bertelli -- There Is a Savage in the Future of Man / Claudio Rise -- From Here to There: Maleness as a Fluctuation Gender / Uta Brandes -- Vicissitudes of an Inventory / Alain Weill -- Military Style / Natalia Aspesi -- Kokboru -- Athletic Ordeals / David Le Breton -- New Media, New Men / Alix Sharkey -- The Future Adam / Peppino Ortoleva and Maria Teresa Di Marco -- Adam's Apple |
Summary |
"Material Man shows us masculinity as it is viewed by and shaped by fashion, design, and the media. It presents images of a vast range of models - fashion photographs and advertisements, iconic figures from the movies and sports, archetypes from traditional cultures, cultural renegades and outsiders - that men turn to for inspiration. These images define an ever-changing frontier where the rules are in flux. An array of essays by scholars and experts working in various disciplines look at the influence of military uniforms, of pop music, of art, of photography, of sports, of film, of science fiction, of advertising, and of the media. They examine the men's fashion business and men's fashion magazines. And they show how the signs, gestures, and poses of masculinity are shaped by broad social and cultural movements."--BOOK JACKET |
Notes |
The book is the product of a continual research project of the Fashion Engineering Unit resulting in an exhibition held at the Florence Stazione Leopolda, Jan. 14-30, 2000 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Men's clothing -- History.
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Fashion -- History.
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Men in art.
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Masculinity -- Pictorial works.
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Men in advertising.
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Men -- Pictorial works.
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Photography of men.
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Men in mass media.
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Men's clothing -- Social aspects.
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Grooming for men.
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Fashion -- Social aspects.
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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Men in popular culture.
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Sex in popular culture.
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Masculinity in popular culture.
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Masculinity.
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Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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Author |
Malossi, Giannino.
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Stazione Leopolda
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LC no. |
99067946 |
ISBN |
0810927098 |
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