Essay Ideas:
o Film and the proliferation of a subculture (Romper Stomper, American History X, This is England) turn that item into a consumer item
o Authenticity
o Hebdige
o Paradoies of subcultures through film
o Mainstream fashion of the subculture
o “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” identify the proliferation of the Hollywood Transformation.
o Branding New York City as a product, a place of desire where people aspired to live. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” places New York on the map in the fashion world. Possibilities to look at other pushes for New York City as a label/ somewhere to be desired in film/ television. Look for scholarly resources on this. Consumerism through the idea of ‘the city that never sleeps’. How film drives New York City
o Idea of consumption through fashion
o Film and Gender
o Masculinity (Identity)
o Feminity (Identity)
o Sexuality
o Lifestyle
Subculture:
o Masculinity and the appeal of Skinhead masculinity for youth culture
o Masculinity as an appealing aspect of the skinhead subculture, reflected in the fashioning
Reading (Bell, 2000):
o Appearance was no longer a clear indicator of identity
o Types happened in other areas too, not only in fashion eg. Automobile’s directed to type distinction
o Mobility of class connected to certain era’s eg. After the War
o Personalities were still class driven
o Stars types catered to class demographics
o Types were used as a marketing ploy to sell products
o Dramatizing of a personality through fashion
o Created an aspirational system
o How systems are constructed? (Class systems/ structures, identity systems)
o “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” with Elizabeth Taylor
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