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Author:   Andrew Reilly ,  Ben Barry
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781789381146

ISBN 10:   1789381142
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   15 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section One: Creating Gender ‘Bifurcated Garments and Divided Skirts:  Redrawing the Boundaries of the Sartorial Feminine in Late Victorian Culture’ – Kimberly Wahl  ‘“Hard and Straight”:  The Creation of Nineteenth Century Masculine Subjectivity through Corsetry’ – Alanna McKnight   ‘Mirror Epiphany:  Transpersons’ Use of Dress to Create and Sustain Their Affirmed Gender Identities’ – Jory M. Catalpa and Jenifer K. McGuire  ‘Withering Heights:  High Heels and Hegemonic Masculinity’ – Elizabeth Semmelhack Section Two: Disrupting Gender ‘Cute Men in Contemporary Japan’ – Toby Slade ‘The Politicisation of Fashion in Virtual Queer Spaces: A Case Study of Saint Harridan one of the Pioneering Queer Fashion Brands in the Twenty-First Century’ – Kelly Reddy-Best ‘She Was Not A Girly Girl: Athletic Apparel, Female Masculinity, and the Endorsement of Difference’ – Christina Bush ‘Gender More: An Intersectional Perspective on Men's Transgression of the Gender Dress Binary’ – Ben Barry and Andrew Reilly ‘In-vest-ed Meaning:  Gender Ambiguity in Costume Collections’ – Katie Baker Jones and Jean L. Parsons Section Three: Transcending Gender ‘The Politics of the Neutral: Rad Hourani’s Unisex Vision’ – Rebecca Halliday  ‘Shirting Identities: Negotiating Gender Identity through the Dress Shirt’ – Valerie Rangel ‘Why Don’t I Wear Skirts?  Understanding Dress Behaviour through Historical Contexts’ – Jung Ha-Brookshire ‘Critical Mascara: On Fabulousness, Creativity and the End of Gender’ – madison moore ‘Clothes (Un)make the (Wo)man – Un-gendering Fashion (2015?)’ – Hazel Clark and Leena-Maija Rossi

Reviews

'This collection of essays is timely and innovative, drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological frameworks to understand and show the role that fashion and dress have in crossing gender boundaries. [...] This edited collection is exemplary, not only in terms of its content, but also in terms of its form. Scholars thinking about putting together an edited collection may look toward Crossing Gender Boundaries as an example of an excellent edited collection. The essays work well together, but also work well in isolation. This is an impressive collection that recognizes the importance of diversity in the study of fashion, and I am confident that Crossing Gender Boundaries will spark new debates in the ongoing and important critical study of fashion, which is central to how many think about bodies, sexualities, and masculinities.' -- Jonathan A. Allan, Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities 'This volume examine[s] the significance of dress and fashion for creating and transcending binary gender distinctions. The studies it comprises represent diverse case studies that explore how dress constructs gender as a situated, appearance- and performance-mediated bodily practice. The panoramic overview of historical and contemporary examples in which gender boundaries maintained or crossed through dress and fashion also guides the structure of this book. . . . [It] highlights how dress and gender are mutually constructive. As the Western concept of gender becomes challenged, redefined and reexamined, this timely volume examines gender- and dress-related issues, while highlighting how gender can be created, disrupted and transcended using fashion clothing, personal style and fashion accessories.' -- Pablo Markin, Open Culture

'This volume examine[s] the significance of dress and fashion for creating and transcending binary gender distinctions. The studies it comprises represent diverse case studies that explore how dress constructs gender as a situated, appearance- and performance-mediated bodily practice. The panoramic overview of historical and contemporary examples in which gender boundaries maintained or crossed through dress and fashion also guides the structure of this book. . . . [It] highlights how dress and gender are mutually constructive. As the Western concept of gender becomes challenged, redefined and reexamined, this timely volume examines gender- and dress-related issues, while highlighting how gender can be created, disrupted and transcended using fashion clothing, personal style and fashion accessories.' -- Pablo Markin, Open Culture 'This collection of essays is timely and innovative, drawing on a range of theoretical and methodological frameworks to understand and show the role that fashion and dress have in crossing gender boundaries. [...] This edited collection is exemplary, not only in terms of its content, but also in terms of its form. Scholars thinking about putting together an edited collection may look toward Crossing Gender Boundaries as an example of an excellent edited collection. The essays work well together, but also work well in isolation. This is an impressive collection that recognizes the importance of diversity in the study of fashion, and I am confident that Crossing Gender Boundaries will spark new debates in the ongoing and important critical study of fashion, which is central to how many think about bodies, sexualities, and masculinities.' -- Jonathan A. Allan, Journal of Bodies, Sexualities, and Masculinities

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Andrew Reilly is associate professor at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

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