{"product_id":"unsuitable-a-history-of-lesbian-fashion-hardcover","title":"Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEleanor Medhurst\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClothes are central to lesbian history, and lesbians are central to fashion history. The way we dress can help us show who we are, or hide ourselves; make us into a community, or make us stand out from the crowd. Yet \"lesbian fashion\" is often strangely overlooked. Without this story of self-expression, what are we missing about the culture and status of queer women? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lesbian past is slippery: it has often been deliberately hidden, edited or left unrecorded. Unsuitable restores to style history and queer history the fascinating, ever-changing tale of modern lesbian dress, from top hats to violet tiaras. This story spans centuries and countries, from \"Gentleman Jack\" in nineteenth-century Yorkshire and Queen Christina of seventeenth-century Sweden, to Paris modernism, genderqueer Berlin, butch\/femme bar culture and 1980s activists, via drag kings, the Suffragettes, the Harlem Renaissance and the power of slogan tees. This book is a kaleidoscope of the margins and the mainstream, celebrating trans lesbian histories, Black lesbian histories, and histories of gender-nonconformity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou don't have to be queer or fashionable to be enthralled by this hidden history of minority identity. In \u003cem\u003eUnsuitable\u003c\/em\u003e, Eleanor Medhurst lights it up for the world to see, in all its finery.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46139421458629,"sku":"9781805260967","price":50.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/9727\/0469\/files\/Rkdd1zVmtM9781805260967.webp?v=1777420105","url":"https:\/\/openbookgarden.com\/products\/unsuitable-a-history-of-lesbian-fashion-hardcover","provider":"open book garden","version":"1.0","type":"link"}