{"product_id":"androgyne-by-patrick-mauries-9780500519356","title":"Androgyne","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This ad is gender neutral', proclaimed a 2016 poster for the fashion brand Diesel; 'I resist definitions', announced a Calvin Klein ad in the same year, while a Louis Vuitton shoot featured Jaden Smith, son of actor Will Smith, wearing a skirt like a natural.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFashion magazines have printed countless features on the blurring of gender barriers, while brands including Yves Saint-Laurent, Gucci, Burberry, Givenchy and Dolce \u0026amp; Gabbana have all interpreted the concept 'girls will be boys and boys will be girls' in their own individual style.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe previous turn of the century was as obsessed with androgyny as this one, as seen in the art of Edward Burne-Jones and Gustave Moreau, and the writings of Oscar Wilde and the mystic Joséphin Péladan. From the late 19th to the early 21st century, the genders have blended: from Berlin in the 1920s to Hollywood of the 1930s with Garbo to Dietrich; from the 1940s Bright Young Things to the androgynous pop stars of the 1970s, and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat do these variations on a theme have in common? What has caused the dizzying rise of androgyny? Why has this concept, a staple of ancient myth that was first discussed in Plato's \u003cem\u003eSymposium\u003c\/em\u003e, been revived today? Accompanied by a striking selection of contemporary photographs, Patrick Mauriès presents a condensed cultural history of androgyny, drawing on the worlds of art and literature to give us a deeper understanding of the strange but timeless human drive to escape from defined categories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrogyne\u003c\/em\u003e offers readers a fascinating journey through the blending of genders, seen through a cultural and historical lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462595297516,"sku":"9780500519356","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500519356-androgyne.jpg?v=1775017619","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/androgyne-by-patrick-mauries-9780500519356","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}