Arts and Humanities Articles
The meaning of tattoos is changeable - ...to the changing vagaries of fashion. This is particularly the case in contemporary culture, where tattoos have become multivalent symbols invested wit...
A particular type of masculine identity - ...mes. In each case, however, their adoption of tattoos was predicated on an affirmation of a patriarchal conception of masculinity as an antidote to th...
Reconnection with tribal cultures - ...elf in the adoption of tribal motifs from tattoo traditions such as those of Samoa, Hawaii, Native America, and Micronesia. For adherents of this move...
Advertisements and the male image - ...his time, Marlboro cigarettes had been known as a woman's cigarette. In an effort to create a new market amongst men, the revamped advertising campaig...
Feminine adornments in male fashion - ... the inclusion of such elements in their professional dress is still very much taboo. For a man to countenance the incorporation of feminine elements ...
Fashion and female social life - ...shion, this play is structured by the dominance of the male principle as we have seen. Furthermore, the apparent freedom accorded to women in the real...
Billy Wilder and Ace In The Hole - ...ademy Awards, taking home three, including one for Wilder in the category of Best Writing, Story and Screenplay. Perhaps it was the success of that fi...
Kate Barker is Bloody Mama - ...e Lucky Luke comic strip, Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys characters in Scrooge McDuck), but in real life Ma Barker wasn't the criminal mastermind of po...
A closer look on digital aesthetics - ...ever, as judgements of taste and aesthetic quality are not only subjective but social value judgements, critics have recently emphasized that such cat...