Buttoned Up: Clothing, Conformity, and White-Collar Masculinity

by Erynn Masi De Casanova

Book Overview

Who is today's white-collar man? The world of work has changed radically since The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and other mid-twentieth-century investigations of corporate life and identity. Contemporary jobs are more precarious, casual Friday has become an institution, and telecommuting blurs the divide between workplace and home. Gender expectations have changed, too, with men's bodies increasingly exposed in the media and scrutinized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501700499
• ISBN13: 9781501700491
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: ILR Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher