Uber Men: Fashionable Heroics and Masculine Style

Karaminas, V

Uber Men: Fashionable Heroics and Masculine Style

Karaminas, V

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Publisher:: RMIT University
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Conference Proceedings King Power: Designing Masculinities Symposium, 2007, pp. 1 - 12
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Karaminas, V	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Pears, DJ	en_US
dc.date	2007-08-16	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Conference Proceedings King Power: Designing Masculinities Symposium, 2007, pp. 1 - 12	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-921166-94-5	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/3021
dc.description.abstract	Much has been written about comic book superheroes and their cinematic adaptations. They are cultural icons recognised in every corner of the world and have featured in the childhoods of most Americans and Australians since the 1930s. Superheroes have also helped to construct an ideological worldview from the shifting interactions of politics, history and culture, as well as define a sense of identity and subjectivity. Yet, for such instantly recognisable icons, little has been written in terms of superhero dress and the collective imagination that sartorial practices produce in framing cultural meanings. Rather than situating male superhero attire in the field of costume design functionality, this paper sets out to reposition the discourse of superhero clothing as a vehicle for understanding constructions of masculinity, identity and nation. By providing a set of cinematic case studies, this paper also comments on the impact of nanotechnology in the construction of superhero attire in producing technoaugmented ûber bodies designed to protect the nation s future.	en_US
dc.publisher	RMIT University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference Proceedings King Power: Designing Masculinities Symposium	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	King Power: Designing Masculinities Symposium	en_US
dc.title	Uber Men: Fashionable Heroics and Masculine Style	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	1203 Design Practice and Management	en_US
dc.location.activity	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
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Abstract:

Much has been written about comic book superheroes and their cinematic adaptations. They are cultural icons recognised in every corner of the world and have featured in the childhoods of most Americans and Australians since the 1930s. Superheroes have also helped to construct an ideological worldview from the shifting interactions of politics, history and culture, as well as define a sense of identity and subjectivity. Yet, for such instantly recognisable icons, little has been written in terms of superhero dress and the collective imagination that sartorial practices produce in framing cultural meanings. Rather than situating male superhero attire in the field of costume design functionality, this paper sets out to reposition the discourse of superhero clothing as a vehicle for understanding constructions of masculinity, identity and nation. By providing a set of cinematic case studies, this paper also comments on the impact of nanotechnology in the construction of superhero attire in producing technoaugmented ûber bodies designed to protect the nation s future.

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