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OverviewThis book provides a much-needed evaluation of the history of men's fashion advertising in the first half of the twentieth century. Arguably, modernism provided the most visually arresting and playful poster and press advertising campaigns ever launched. Undoubtedly one of the most fecund and complex periods in the history of menswear promotion, the period saw vast sums of money spent on advertising men's clothing by the likes of Austin Reed, the Fifty Shilling Tailors, Simpson and Barratt shoes. Replete with confident head-turners, many posters of the period featured dandies knowingly offering up their bodies for the delectation of women - an irony made doubly rich by the fact that these images were consumed almost exclusively by men. As Jobling expertly shows, the erotic charge in evidence in the representation of the buff gymnos in Calvin Klein's 80's campaigns had much earlier antecedents. There was, surprisingly, a pronounced fetishistic aspect coupled with sexual ambiguity in publicity for underwear in the interwar period. Looking well beyond issues of representation to broader socio-economic contexts in this deeply researched and original study, Jobling addresses an exciting range of discourses relating to professionalization, modernity, mass-communication and marketing, display and consumer psychology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Paul Jobling (Parsons New School, Paris, France)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Berg Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.458kg ISBN: 9781845200862ISBN 10: 1845200861 Pages: 172 Publication Date: 01 March 2005 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction * 'Design is Just a Detail of our Service': The Development of Men's Wear Advertising as a Social and Economic Force between 1900 and 1914 * 'The Habit of Reading Advertisements': The Interdependence of Eye and Mind in Decoding Men's Wear Publicity Before 1914 * 'From A to E': Men's Wear Advertising and Market Research Between 1914 and 1939 * 'Selling with Wit, Style and Sincerity': Modernism, Class and Gender in Men's Wear Publicity During the Interwar Period * 'Dynamic Virility': Masculine Identities in Advertising for Tailors during the Interwar Period * 'Business (Almost) As Ususal': Men's Wear Advertising, Utility and Rationing during the Second World War * 'Nice Stuff Against the Skin': Pleasure and Spectatorship in Men's Underwear AdvertisingReviewsAuthor InformationPaul Jobling is Researcher in Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton. He is the author of Fashion Spreads. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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