Libertine fashion sexual freedom, rebellion, and style / Adam Geczy, Vicki Karaminas.

"Libertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy...

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Main Authors: Geczy, Adam (Author), Karaminas, Vicki (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020.
Series:Dress, Body, Culture Ser.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Ackowledgements
  • Introduction: Nuancing the Libertine
  • 1. The Merry and Scandalous Court of Charles II
  • 2. The Divine Marquis and the Golden Age of Libertinism
  • 3. The Byronic Hero
  • 4. Decadent Androgynes and Masculine Impersonators: George Sand, Rachilde and Collette
  • 5. Bizarre Dandyism and Decadence: Oscar Wilde
  • 6. From Harlem and Pigalle: Josephine Baker
  • 7. Postmodern Libertinism and Glam Rock: David Bowie
  • 8. Disciplinary Regimes: The Perversity of Jean-Paul Gaultier
  • Conclusion: We are All Libertines Now
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.