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Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model
Ashley Mears
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Paperback. A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations, 7 tables. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466. The Making of a Fashion Model. 328 pages, illustrations. A study of the world of modeling. Exploring an arena of cultural production, it shows how the right 'look' is discovered, developed, and packaged to become a prized commodity. It examines how models sell themselves, how agents promote them, and how clients decide to hire them. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFCK; JHMP. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight: 444.
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 commodity. She examines how models ... Read more
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 commodity. She examines how models ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520270763
SKU
V9780520270763
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About Ashley Mears
Ashley Mears is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston University
Reviews for Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model
Mears gives voice to a group of women who are paid to be seen and not heard. Slate Mears has produced a fascinating study. Boston Globe/The Find Mears acknowledges that walking the runway can be a thrill unlike any other [but also] notes some of the industry's exploitative aspects. Stylelist A nuanced, and deliciously ... Read more