Material Man | 
 enlarge | Author: Giannino Malossi
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Category: Book
List Price: $39.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 197
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0810927098
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.31
EAN: 9780810927094
ASIN: 0810927098
Publication Date: April 1, 2000
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Book Description
From the recent proliferation of men's lifestyle magazines to the rise of gender studies in academia, more and more men (and women) are asking, "What does it mean to be a man today?" This extraordinary book examines masculine images in fashion and the media-and attempts to provide some answers. Illustrated with hundreds of provocative photographs plucked from movies, magazines, television, and the fine arts-sports heroes, astronauts, movie stars, pop singers, soldiers, Elvis impersonators, models, and wrestlers, among others-Material Man ranges widely over the landscape of masculinity. Essays by 19 distinguished scholars and journalists show how fashion and the media both reflect and influence our ideas of masculinity-and have facilitated today's less rigid notions of manhood, in which traditional ideals exist side by side with alternative models of gender identity. Touching on everything from extreme sports to Prada ads, Material Man will be the book of the season for anyone who follows fashion and the media-or wonders about masculine identity. 260 illustrations, 210 in full color, 9 1/2 x 11 3/4" GIANNINO MALOSSI is director of the Fashion Engineering Unit in Florence, Italy, a multidisciplinary think tank devoted to creating a culture of fashion. CARLO ANTONELLI is a music producer; THOMAS HINE is a columnist for Salon and author of two books; TED POLHEMUS is an anthropologist and author; ANTONY SHUGAAR is a writer and translator; and VALERIE STEELE is an author and curator at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
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 Oh, please January 27, 2002
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Though the photos in this book are worth a look, the writing is the worst kind of Gender Studies drivel available. For example: "The crossfire to which males are subjected these days - in the form of protests and questioning of gender identity and depiction of a general contemporary male perplexity and confusion - constitutes one of the most frequent and popular ploys of media communications and of fashion, which is, so to speak, the reified, objectified version of that communication transformed into tangible, salable products." Such writing is exclusive to fields of study that have very little to offer except puffy, bombastic prose... which is, so to speak, a way of saying that this emperor has no clothes.
 Style and the Man June 20, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As I student of gender, I was happy to find this book. From images of Batman to Armani, the authors pull together what it means to be manly in our era and the one before. Pictures are spread through out and fit perfectly. It's a fun book just to fip through. Once you start reading the articles are intelligent and well connected. There's nothing else like this on the market and is well worth the price.
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