04013nam 2200637 450 991079865500332120201023111955.01-4742-8736-01-4742-8735-210.5040/9781474287364(CKB)3710000000840705(EBL)4653899(Au-PeEL)EBL4653899(CaPaEBR)ebr11251422(CaONFJC)MIL951005(OCoLC)957490922(OCoLC)1201425904(CaBNVSL)9781474287364(MiAaPQ)EBC4653899(EXLCZ)99371000000084070520201023d2020 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierMen in the mirror men's fashion, masculinity and consumer society /Tim EdwardsLondon, England :Bloomsbury Academic,2020.London, England :Bloomsbury Publishing,20201 online resource (178 p.)Cultural Studies: Bloomsbury Academic CollectionsDescription based upon print version of record.1-4742-8734-4 0-304-33790-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.His story of fashion -- The classical tradition -- Private investigations: interpretations on the theme of the new man -- The marketing of masculinities -- Consuming masculinities: style, content and men's magazines -- Just looking: masculinity and the contemporary shopping experience -- Express yourself: the politics of dressing up -- The sting in the tale: social policy and social divisions.In this book, Tim Edwards applies a sociological approach to our understanding of men's fashion, which he perceives to be significant in the nexus of masculinity and society, past and present, rather than simply an artistic of aesthetic interest, usually denoting effeminacy or homosexuality. Rejecting an essentialist or 'natural' origin, Edwards explores how masculinity and men's fashion are constructed, particularly in relation to consumer society. If is the growing commodification and aestheticism of everyday life alongside developments in marketing and advertising, that Edwards identifies as the catalyst in the self-conscious emergence of men's fashion, rather than an abstract 'crisis of masculinity' or the 'new man' identity. Concurrently, in the 1980s, changes in demography, economics and ideology gave certain men greater freedom and spending power than ever before. Edwards investigates how these men, clearly distinguished by age, class and sexual orientation, were seduced by advertisers with sexy images of suited city gents and body-beautiful boys in Levis, and how the resultant process of consumption was facilitated through developments in the practice of shopping itself, such as easy access to credit. He examines the influence of the advertisers' message in creating of hierarchy of masculinity in which some men are valorized and others denigrated. Starting with an historical review of men's fashion and a discussion of its importance and meanings, Edwards goes on to analyse the contemporary marketing of menswear and masculinity in advertising and in the media, and considers the politics of fashion for men in terms of gender, class, race and sexuality.Cultural Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections.Men's clothingSocial aspectsMasculinityFashionSocial aspectsPopular culturebicsscMen's clothingSocial aspects.Masculinity.FashionSocial aspects.Popular culture391/.121.85bclEdwards Tim1963-612151NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910798655003321Men in the mirror3689401UNINA