Peacock Revolution

Daniel Delis Hill is a fashion historian and author of several books, including Fashion from Victoria to the New Millennium (2012) and American Menswear from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century (2011).

Daniel Delis Hill’s book will prove of significant interest to scholars of popular American dress, researchers in men’s fashion and to historians of the period. It represents a focused account with a strong basis in sound primary research and is engagingly and accessibly presented.

• IntroductionI. American Masculinity, Identity, and Dress 1800-19601. American Masculinity and the Postrevolution New Man2. American Masculinity during the Second Industrial Revolution3. Undermining Forces on American Masculinity4. Crisis of Masculinity5. American Masculine Identity in Dress before the Peacock Revolution6. Individuality in Dress7. ConclusionII. New Masculine Identities in the Postwar Counterculture1. The Beat Generation2. Other Nonconformists of the 1950s3. The Teenager as a New Demographic4. ConclusionIII. Youthquake1. The Generation Gap2. Counterculture Movements3. The Love Movement4. Inchoate Movements5. Hair Wars6. The Sexual Revolution7. ConclusionIV. The Peacock Revolution1. The JFK Transition2. The Teddy Boys3. The Mods4. The British Invasion5. Carnaby Street6. The Peacock Revolution in America7. The Gay Panic of the Peacock Revolution8. A New Notion of Fashion for Men9. Suit Innovations and Revivals 1960–197510. Informality in Suiting 1960–197211. Peacock Splendor12. Unisex13. Sexual Exhibitionism14. Fashion from the Street15. Protest Tribal Dress and Identities16. Multicultural Influences on the Peacock Revolution17. Black Power and Black Identity in Dress18. Peacock Revolution Accessories19. Thermidor of the Peacock Revolution 1972–197520. ConclusionNotesBibliography