Material Man: Masculinity Sexuality Style

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2000. 197 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. First edition thus. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Material Man shows us masculinity as it is viewed by and shaped by fashion, design, and the media. It presents images of a vast range of models - fashion photographs and advertisements, iconic figures from the movies and sports, archetypes from traditional cultures, cultural renegades and outsiders - that men turn to for inspiration. These images define an ever-changing frontier where the rules are in flux. An array of essays by scholars and experts working in various disciplines look at the influence of military uniforms, of pop music, of art, of photography, of sports, of film, of science fiction, of advertising, and of the media. They examine the men's fashion business and men's fashion magazines. And they show how the signs, gestures, and poses of masculinity are shaped by broad social and cultural movements." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Material man, by Giannino Malossi; Rough manners, by Franco La Cecla; Invisible man, by Ted Polhemus; Manufacturing men's wear, by Andrea Balestri and Marco Ricchetti; Comedy of errors, by Antony Shugar; Lucha libre: photographs, by March Lipson; Fashioning men, by Valerie Steele; Tonight, under my tongue, baby, by Carlo Antonelli; Sex objects, by Anna Lombardi; Mickey Rooney and the downsizing of man, by Thomas Hine; Men of marble: photographs, by Roberto Schezen; Odysseus and male cunning, by Ugo Volli; Masculine art, by Carlo Bertelli; There is a savage in the future of man, by Claudio Rise ; From here to there: maleness as a fluctuating gender, by Uta Brandes; Vicissitudes of an inventory, by Alain Weill; Military style, by Natalia Aspesi; Kokboru: photographs, by Stefano Torrione; Athletic ordeals, by David Le Breton; New media, new men, by Alix Sharkey; Future Adam, by Peppino Ortoleva and Maria Teresa Di Marco; Adam's apple: photographs, by Roberta Orio.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.