Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture
by Susan Fillen-Yeh
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Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture considers the visual languages, politics, and poetics of personal appearance. Dandyism has been most closely associated with influential caucasian Western men-about-town, epitomized by the 19th century style-setting of Oscar Wilde and by Tom Wolfe's white suits. The essays collected here, however, examine the spectacle and workings of dandyism to reveal that these were not the only dandies. On the contrary, art historians, literary and cultural show more historians, and anthropologists identify unrecognized dandies flourishing among early 19th century Nat show lessTags
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- 305.31 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity People by gender or sex Men
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- GT6720 .D35 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Manners and customs (General) Manners and customs (General) Customs relative to special classes
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