dressing up: migrations and diasporas across european borders

What does men’s fashion say about contemporary masculinity? How do these notions operate in an increasingly digitized world? To answer these questions, author Joshua M. Bluteau combines theoretical analysis with vibrant narrative, exploring men’s fashion in the online world of social media as well as the offline worlds of retail, production, and the catwalk. Is it time to reassess notions of masculinity? How do we construct ourselves in the online world, and what are the dangers of doing so? From the ateliers of London to the digital landscape of Instagram, Dressing Up re-examines the ways men dress, and the ways men post.

Gabriele Proglio is a research fellow at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra and former Research Assistant with the European Research Project ＂Bodies across Borders: Oral and Visual Memory in Europe and Beyond.＂