{"product_id":"british-dandies-dominic-janes-9781851245598","title":"British Dandies: Engendering Scandal and Fashioning a Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eReveals how the scandalous history of fashionable men and their clothes is a reflection of changing attitudes to style, gender, and sexuality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Well-dressed men have played a distinctive part in the cultural and political life of Britain over several centuries. But unlike the twenty-first-century hipster, the British dandies provoked intense degrees of fascination and horror in their homeland and played an important role in British society from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book explores that social and cultural history through a focus on three figures: the macaroni, the dandy, and the aesthete. The first was noted for his flamboyance, the second for his austere perfectionism, and the third for his perversity. All were highly controversial in their time, pioneering new ways of displaying and performing gender, as demonstrated by the impact of key figures such as Lord Hervey, George \"Beau\" Brummell, and Oscar Wilde. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Illustrated with contemporary prints, portraits, and caricatures, this groundbreaking study tells the fascinating--and scandalous--story of fashionable men and their clothes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dominic Janes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1851245596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781851245598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bodleian Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d","brand":"Dominic Janes","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054292496639,"sku":"9781851245598","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45b89d04-4e88-4da8-972c-055ddbdcb49e.jpg?v=1685029108","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/british-dandies-dominic-janes-9781851245598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}