{"product_id":"dandies-susan-fillin-yeh-9780814726952","title":"Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture\u003c\/b\u003e considers the visual languages, politics, and poetics of personal appearance. Dandyism has been most closely associated with influential caucasian Western men-about-town, epitomized by the 19th century style-setting of Oscar Wilde and by Tom Wolfe's white suits. The essays collected here, however, examine the spectacle and workings of dandyism to reveal that these were not the only dandies. On the contrary, art historians, literary and cultural historians, and anthropologists identify unrecognized dandies flourishing among early 19th century Native Americans, in Soviet Latvia, in Africa, throughout the African-American diaspora, among women, and in the art world.\u003cbr\u003e Moving beyond historical and fictional accounts of dandies, this volume juxtaposes theoretical models with evocative images and descriptions of clothing in order to link sartorial self-construction with artistic, social, and political self-invention. Taking into consideration the vast changes in thinking about identity in the academy, \u003cb\u003eDandies\u003c\/b\u003e provides a compelling study of dandyism's destabilizing aesthetic enterprise.\u003cbr\u003e Contributors: Jennifer Blessing, Susan Fillin-Yeh, Rhonda Garelick, Joe Lucchesi, Kim Miller, Robert E. Moore, Richard J. Powell, Carter Ratcliffe, and Mark Allen Svede.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Fillin-Yeh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081472695X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814726952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2001 pg. 141","brand":"Susan Fillin-Yeh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425077936383,"sku":"9780814726952","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f22c5f18-2601-49f9-8b29-a603319bb026.jpg?v=1761536855","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dandies-susan-fillin-yeh-9780814726952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}