Eye on the flesh: fashions of masculinity in the early twentieth century

Abstract

Introduction The Art of Consumption: Aestheticism, Display, and the Neoclassical Body in the Fin-de-Sicle {/IT The Hero and the Typist: Supermen, Office Clerks, and the Petty Bourgeois Body The Zoo, the Jungle, and the Afterhours: Mass Superman A Tear Is a Mechanical Thing: Automaton Masculinity The Fashion Touch: Primitivist Bodies, Native Clothing, and Western Masculinities Conclusion