Author/Authors :
ERKAN, Ayça Ülker Celal Bayar Üniversitesi - Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi - İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
DRESSING OSCAR WILDE’S DANDIES: FASHION OR HOMO-EROTIC DESIRE
Abstract :
Wilde’s marginalised personality showed up itself in all aspects of his life: his living style, his Irishness, his dress, his being homosexual, and continuous rebel against Victorian society. Wilde, dandy himself, opened the way to marginalised personalities like himself. The purpose of this essay is to analyse Wilde’s views on dress, his implication of dress as a reaction to Victorian utility, and dandies who wore costumes as a representation of homosexuality. Wilde defended the cult of strange clothes as a manifestation of individualism and as a symbol of a certain philosophy of life, which consisted of rebellious individualism.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Oscar Wilde , Dressing Style , Dandy , Homo , Erotic Desire
JournalTitle :
Pamukkale University Journal Of Social Sciences Institute
