Sneakers: Fashion, Gender, and SubcultureBloomsbury Publishing, 28 янв. 2016 г. - Всего страниц: 176 This is the first academic study of sneakers and the subculture that surrounds them. Since the 1980s, American sneaker enthusiasts, popularly known as “sneakerheads” or “sneakerholics”, have created a distinctive identity for themselves, while sneaker manufacturers such as Reebok, Puma and Nike have become global fashion brands. How have sneakers come to gain this status and what makes them fashionable? In what ways are sneaker subcultures bound up with gender identity and why are sneakerholics mostly young men? Based on the author's own ethnographic fieldwork in New York, where sneaker subculture is said to have originated, this unique study traces the transformation of sneakers from sportswear to fashion symbol. Sneakers explores the obsessions and idiosyncrasies surrounding the sneaker phenomenon, from competitive subcultures to sneaker painting and artwork. It is a valuable contribution to the growing study of footwear in fashion studies and will appeal to students of fashion theory, gender studies, sociology, and popular culture. |
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Emerging from | |
Three waves of the sneaker phenomenon | |
The exploration of masculinity in subcultures | |
Distinguishing oneself from a female shopper as a male | vii |
The increasing significance of gender and the declining | xv |
Reclaiming Masculine | xxi |
Reclaiming fashion and adornment as a male affair | xxix |
Neophilias | xxxvii |
Sneaker hunting | xliii |
Sneakers as part of the growing streetwear industry | 1946 |
Rejection of a legitimate aesthetic taste | |
The production of new sneaker technologies | |
Controversies and debates to strengthen the subcultural | |
Footwear and gender | |
The Sneaker Subculture from Durkheimian | 1952 |
Conclusion | 1963 |
Notes | 1975 |
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