Queer Style

by Vicki Karaminas and Adam Geczy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847881963
• ISBN13: 9781847881960
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"