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

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Casanova, Erynn Masi de (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Clothing and dress > Social aspects > United States.
Men > United States > Social life and customs.
Sex role > United States > History > 20th century.
White collar workers > United States.
Hommes > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cols blancs > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Clothing and dress > Social aspects
Men > Social life and customs
Sex role
White collar workers
Berufskleidung
Männerkleidung
Büroangestellter
Kläder > sociala aspekter.
Manskläder > sociala aspekter.
Tjänstemän.
Förenta staterna.
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Playing by the Rules
  • 2. Just Like Dad?
  • 3. Putting On the Uniform
  • 4. The Metrosexual Is Dead, Long Live the Metrosexual!
  • 5. What about Women?
  • 6. The F Word
  • 7. Being/Becoming the Boss
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix. Research Methods and Demographic Profile of Interviewees
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • Photo gallery

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