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Author | : Erynn Masi de Casanova |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2015-12-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1501700952 |
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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 the divide between workplace and home. Gender expectations have changed, too, with men’s bodies increasingly exposed in the media and scrutinized in everyday interactions. In Buttoned Up, based on interviews with dozens of men in three U.S. cities with distinct local dress cultures—New York, San Francisco, and Cincinnati—Erynn Masi de Casanova asks what it means to wear the white collar now. Despite the expansion of men’s fashion and grooming practices, the decrease in formal dress codes, and the relaxing of traditional ideas about masculinity, white-collar men feel constrained in their choices about how to embody professionalism. They strategically embrace conformity in clothing as a way of maintaining their gender and class privilege. Across categories of race, sexual orientation and occupation, men talk about "blending in" and "looking the part" as they aim to keep their jobs or pursue better ones. These white-collar workers’ accounts show that greater freedom in work dress codes can, ironically, increase men’s anxiety about getting it wrong and discourage them from experimenting with their dress and appearance.
Author | : David Coad |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2014-02-07 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 0791478416 |
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Explores the cultural significance of the metrosexual in sports.
Author | : Michael Flocker |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780306813436 |
Download The Metrosexual Guide To Style Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents a guide for men on such topics as etiquette, grooming, fitness, fashion, and home decor.
Author | : Peter Hyman |
Publisher | : Villard |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2004-07-27 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1588363805 |
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Peter Hyman wants the model/Fulbright Scholar girlfriend, the job with generous stock options and the well-appointed 2BR w/vu. Instead he routinely finds himself single and underemployed in his closet-free walk-up. The last woman he liked got back together with her lesbian lover; the one before that threw up on the first date. Welcome to the almost hip life of a reluctant metrosexual–a straight man whose tastes are just gay enough. Equal parts cultural anthropologist, amateur sexologist and witty skeptic, Hyman wryly chronicles the promiscuity and perils of modern manhood, whether he’s undergoing a painful Brazilian bikini wax, lurching through a disastrous threesome, or poignantly reflecting on the Scotch-soaked grief of a difficult breakup. So sit back in your Eames lounger and revel in the good fortune that The Reluctant Metrosexual is not you, it’s him.
Author | : Himanshu Verma |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Bisexual men |
ISBN | : |
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With reference to India.
Author | : M. Hall |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 197 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1137404744 |
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Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification products and services. This book examines 'metrosexuality', highlighting the negotiation and construction of masculinities and sexualities in the twenty-first century.
Author | : M. Hall |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2014-12-05 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1137404744 |
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Modern men the world over are becoming increasingly fascinated with their image, spending more of their disposable income on beautification products and services. This book examines 'metrosexuality', highlighting the negotiation and construction of masculinities and sexualities in the twenty-first century.
Author | : Phil Linehan |
Publisher | : Phil Linehan |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2008-05-27 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1419691775 |
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A satire that delves into many aspects of the political arena. When it became clear that President George W. Bush was intent on invading Iraq, and he found a close chum and obedient ally in Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair, what struck the author was the incongruity of their relationship. How could two people whose only similarity appeared to be their ability to see things that were not there, get on and understand one another so well? Mr. Blair, presumably to impress on us just how chummy they had become, kept saying they were "standing shoulder-to-shoulder", even when they were sitting opposite one another. Linehan was privileged to learn at first-hand what they talked about when they met and in their frequent telephone conversations. Also fortunate to be given an insight into how Mr. Blair reported their exchanges to his wife Cherie, it occurred to the author that notes published on what took place might throw some light on how they reached decisions by which we have all, to a greater or lesser extent, been affected.
Author | : Outi Sarpila |
Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2021-11-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1800437102 |
Download Appearance as Capital Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Taking a sociological approach, the authors of Appearance as Capital examine physical appearance as a normatively regulated form of capital and explore how it is possible to accumulate and convert capital based on physical appearance.
Author | : Gary S. Cross |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0231144318 |
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Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character--the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic books, extreme sports, and dressing down, the boy-man would rather devote an afternoon to Grand Theft Auto than plan his next career move. He would rather prolong the hedonistic pleasures of youth than embrace the self-sacrificing demands of adulthood. When did maturity become the ultimate taboo? Men have gone from idolizing Cary Grant to aping Hugh Grant, shunning marriage and responsibility well into their twenties and thirties. Gary Cross, renowned cultural historian, identifies the boy-man and his habits, examining the attitudes and practices of three generations to make sense of this gradual but profound shift in American masculinity. Cross matches the rise of the American boy-man to trends in twentieth-century advertising, popular culture, and consumerism, and he locates the roots of our present crisis in the vague call for a new model of leadership that, ultimately, failed to offer a better concept of maturity. Cross does not blame the young or glorify the past. He finds that men of the "Greatest Generation" might have embraced their role as providers but were confused by the contradictions and expectations of modern fatherhood. Their uncertainty gave birth to the Beats and men who indulged in childhood hobbies and boyish sports. Rather than fashion a new manhood, baby-boomers held onto their youth and, when that was gone, embraced Viagra. Without mature role models to emulate or rebel against, Generation X turned to cynicism and sensual intensity, and the media fed on this longing, transforming a life stage into a highly desirable lifestyle. Arguing that contemporary American culture undermines both conservative ideals of male maturity and the liberal values of community and responsibility, Cross concludes with a proposal for a modern marriage of personal desire and ethical adulthood.