Fashioning the Dandy : Style and Manners /

The book offers a unique view on dandyism as a cultural tradition, based not merely on fashionable attire, but also as a particular lifestyle with specific standards of behaviour, bodily practices and conceptual approaches to dress.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vaĭnshteĭn, Olʹga (Autor)
Otros Autores: Horujaya-Cook, Sofia (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2023.
Temas:
Dandies > History.
Men > Social life and customs.
Dandys > Histoire.
Hommes > Mœurs et coutumes.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Halftitle Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One Fashioning the Dandy
  • Apollos in Double-Breasted Coats
  • Brummell the Innovator
  • On Cravats
  • Styling Interiors
  • Chapter Two Literature and Legends
  • Brummell: Constructing the Legend
  • The Biographer's Gaze: Brummell in the Mirror
  • The Poetics of Dandyism: Fashion and Fiction
  • Aphorism as Dandy's Genre of Speech
  • Chapter Three Charisma and Chameleonism
  • Chameleonism
  • The Charisma of Count d'Orsay
  • Chapter Four Manners
  • Rules of Behaviour
  • Visual Games and the Optical Strategies
  • Dandyism and the Disdain for Vulgarity: A History of Meanings
  • The Fine Art of Scandal
  • Be Insolent!
  • Sugared Wigs and Luminous Rabbits: Practical Jokes in Dandyism
  • Chapter Five The Body
  • The Dandy's Body
  • The Sporting Dandy
  • Corporeality: Poses and Gestures
  • Corporeality: Inscrutable Face
  • The Quest for Cleanliness: Dandy's Hygiene
  • Festina Lente: Slowness in Dandy Culture
  • Chapter Six Oscar Wilde
  • Oscar Wilde: The Dandy-Aesthete
  • Dandyism after Oscar Wilde
  • Chapter Seven Russian Dandyism
  • Russian 'Petit Maître': Occupational Hazards
  • 'Fashion's Loyal Devotee': Russian Dandies of the Nineteenth Century
  • The Silver Age Masters of Elegance
  • Dandyism after the Revolution (Pre-war Years)
  • Orange Jackets and Pea Green Pants: The Fashion of Stilyagi in the Soviet Post-war Culture
  • Chapter Eight Dandyism Revisited
  • Three Periods of Nineteenth-Century European Dandyism
  • Modern Dandies and Two Trends in the History of Dandyism
  • The New Bespoke Movement
  • The Sapeurs
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index

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