{"title":"Adam Geczy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdam Geczy's works explore the intersections of contemporary art, fashion, and identity, offering insightful reflections on cultural expression and aesthetics. His books delve into topics such as libertine fashion, queer style, and the complexities of visual culture, inviting readers to reconsider traditional boundaries in art and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a keen eye on the nuances of arts and culture, Geczy's writing challenges conventions and uncovers the subtle dialogues between style and social narratives. His thoughtful analysis provides a compelling perspective for those interested in the evolving landscapes of creativity and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"queer-style-by-adam-geczy-9781350365926","title":"Queer Style","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2013, \u003ci\u003eQueer Style\u003c\/i\u003e was ahead of its time. It was the first book to address the cultural, political, and material histories of clothes as signs and markers of gender and sexual identity, and remains key reading for scholars and students across fashion studies and the humanities more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow, 10 years later, the authors have revisited their classic work and updated it to examine the function of subcultural dress within queer communities and the mannerisms and messages that are used as signifiers of identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427455320300,"sku":"9781350365926","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350365926.jpg?v=1774767570"},{"product_id":"contemporary-art-and-other-obstructions-by-adam-geczy-9781350383562","title":"Contemporary Art and Other Obstructions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is the position of art in contemporary culture, where it is threatened by an ever-greater diversity of media, discourses, practices, genres, and forms?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Art and Other Obstructions\u003c\/i\u003e sets out to answer this question by exploring art and social agency, communication, the problem of Biennales and other major events, and the shadow of postcolonialism as it hangs over art and indigeneity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduced over the last two decades, the material gathered together here, and previously published only to a largely Australasian and Southeast Asian audience, is the product of a close collaboration between author Adam Geczy and editor Alan Cruickshank. With a new preface by the author and introduction by the editor, they have been adapted for an international audience, and re-edited for a critical engagement in the uneven and elusive notion that is contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455537365228,"sku":"9781350383562","price":187.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71o2CBpwgyL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774780670"},{"product_id":"libertine-fashion-by-adam-geczy-9781350054073","title":"Libertine Fashion","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Association of Dress Historians Book of the Year Award, 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLibertine practices have long been associated with transgression and social deviance. This innovative book is the first to focus fully on the relationship between libertinism as a social phenomenon and as a form of fashion. Taking the reader from early modernity to the present day, Adam Geczy and Vicki Karaminas reveal how the connection between clothing and the taboo, the erotic, and the forbidden is at the heart of \u003cem\u003eLibertine Fashion\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoving from the decadent courts of Charles II and Louis XV to the catwalks of the 21st century, \u003cem\u003eLibertine Fashion\u003c\/em\u003e examines literary and sartorial figures ranging from the Marquis de Sade and Lord Byron to Oscar Wilde, Josephine Baker, Colette, and Madonna. Focusing on libertinism as a sartorial practice and identity, this book traces the genealogy of the concept through the proto feminists of the English Reformation, the hedonistic decadents of the \u003cem\u003efin de siècle\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Flappers of the Roaring 20s. The historical arc traverses the 1970s era of punk and glam, the shapeshifting personae of David Bowie, and the “disciplinary regimes” of Jean-Paul Gaultier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLooking at libertine practices and appearances with fresh eyes, this bracing and original book affords many new insights into transgressive style, and of the relationship between sexuality and clothing. Accessible and thoroughly researched, \u003cem\u003eLibertine Fashion\u003c\/em\u003e uses a multidisciplinary approach that draws on historical literature, film, fashion, philosophy, and popular culture. Offering a historical and philosophical grounding in contemporary forms of identity and dress, it is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion, gender, sexuality, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596763480300,"sku":"9781350054073","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781350054073-libertine-fashion.jpg?v=1777940945"},{"product_id":"glasses-by-adam-geczy-9798765135556","title":"Glasses","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlasses\u003c\/em\u003e are among the oldest and most commonplace prosthetics we have invented. But what does it mean to wear glasses? There is more to the answer than correcting vision. Glasses alter, enhance, and shield the way that we view the world, and the way the world sees us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone has encounters with glasses, passively or actively, from reading glasses to sunglasses. At times they are the main identifiers in a face (think John Lennon), and they signify extremes from nerdy and brainy to cool and sleazy. 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