| Description |
1 online resource (340 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Authors imprint
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Entry; Chapter 2. Economics of the Catwalk; Chapter 3. Becoming a Look; Chapter 4. The Tastemakers; Chapter 5. Size Zero High-End Ethnic; Chapter 6. Runway to Gender; Chapter 7. Exit; Appendix: The Precarious Labor of Ethnography; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. |
| Summary |
Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as extensive interviews with male and female models, agents, clients, photographers, stylists, and others, to explore the economics and politics--and the arbitrariness-- behind the business of glamour. Exploring a largely hidden arena of cultural production, she shows how the right "look" is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commo. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Models (Persons)
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Models (Persons) |
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Modeling agencies.
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Modeling agencies. |
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Fashion shows.
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Fashion shows. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mears, ashley. Pricing Beauty : The Making of a Fashion Model. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520260337 |
| ISBN |
9780520950214 |
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0520950216 |
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9780520270763 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520260337 |
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0520260333 |
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0520270762 |
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