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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
September 14, 2011
Pages
305
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520260337
ISBN-10
0520260333
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.25 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$85.00
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university press
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Summaries and Reviews
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Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insiderâs 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 politicsÂand the arbitrariness behind the business of glamour. Exploring a largely hidden arena of cultural production, she shows how the right Âlookâ is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. She examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. An original contribution to the sociology of work in the new cultural economy, Pricing Beauty offers rich, accessible analysis of the invisible ways in which gender, race, and class shape worth in the marketplace.
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Hardcover
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from Univ of California Pr (September 14, 2011)
9780520260337 | details & prices | 305 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $85.00
About: Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insiderâs study of the world of modeling.
About: Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insiderâs study of the world of modeling.
Paperback
from Univ of California Pr (September 14, 2011)
9780520270763 | details & prices | 305 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insiderâs study of the world of modeling.
About: Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insiderâs study of the world of modeling.
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