Binding: Hardcover
Description: An exploration of what it means to be fabulous and why eccentric style fashion and creativity are more political than ever" Fabulous does not simply track new club worlds it takes us to them. The book does not just tell us about fashion and clubs it is immersed in the scenes it conjures. This is engaging relevant and glamorous." Jack Halberstam author of Female Masculinity and The Queer Art of Failure Fabulous lives up to its title. Who knew there was such riveting sociopolitical drama behind those velvet ropes?" New York Times Book Review Prince once told us not to hate him cause he's fabulous. But what does it mean to be fabulous? Is fabulous style only about labels narcissism and selfies looking good and feeling gorgeous? Or can acts of fabulousness be political gestures too? What are the risks of fabulousness? And in what ways is fabulous style a defiant response to the struggles of living while marginalized? madison moore answers these questions in a timely and fascinating book that explores how queer brown and other marginalized outsiders use ideas style and creativity in everyday life. Moving from catwalks and nightclubs to the street moore dialogues with a range of fabulous and creative powerhouses including DJ Vjuan Allure voguing superstar Lasseindra Ninja fashion designer Patricia Field performance artist Alok Vaid - Menon and a wide range of other aesthetic rebels from the worlds of art fashion and nightlife. In a riveting synthesis of autobiography cultural analysis and ethnography moore positions fabulousness as a form of cultural criticism that allows those who perform it to thrive in a world where they are not supposed to exist.
Title: Fabulous The Rise Of The Beautiful Eccentric
Author(s): Moore Madison
Publisher: Yale University Press
Barcode: 9780300204704
Pages: 280 Pages, 21 Color (Insert) + 7 B-W Illus. In Text
Publication Date: 4/17/2018
Category: Ethnic Minorities & Multicultural Studies