TY - BOOK ID - 10029871 TI - Dandies : fashion and finesse in art and culture PY - 2001 SN - 081472695X 0814726968 9780814726969 0814771262 0814729215 PB - New York New York University Press DB - UniCat KW - CDL KW - 391 KW - Dandies KW - Fashion KW - Men's clothing KW - History. KW - Men''s clothing - History. KW - Anthropology KW - Social Sciences KW - Manners & Customs KW - Men KW - Men's apparel KW - Men's wear KW - Menswear KW - Clothing and dress KW - Men's products KW - Beaux KW - Dudes KW - Fops KW - History KW - Clothing UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10029871 AB - Dandies: Fashion and Finesse in Art and Culture 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 Nat ER -