Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model Paperback - 2011
by Ashley Mears
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"Ashley Mears is a talented ethnographer, a first-rate sociological thinker and an artful writer. Pricing Beauty offers a dazzling, engaging, utterly original contribution to public and scholarly understanding of embodiment, gender, race, culture, and markets. A riveting work of priceless beauty!" --Judith Stacey, author Unhitched: Love, Marriage and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China
"Mears's winning formula: combine deep inside knowledge of the fashion business, based on intensive observation, with useful sociological ideas, and present the result in readable, witty and incisive prose. I learned a lot and you will too." --Howard S. Becker, author of Art Worlds
"Ashley Mears shows us beauty is not in the eyes of the beholder but in the complex ensemble of organizational imperatives, social networking, and critical timing. She reverses stereotypes of gender pay, sexuality, and the making of markets. It is a first-hand analysis that does not let up in its page-turning intelligence and unremitting clarity." --Harvey Molotch, Professor of Metropolitan Studies, New York University
"Pricing Beauty is a a courageous and provocative book. Mears takes us behind the curtain of high-stakes fashion. Drawing on her own experiences as a model, Mears uncovers the far less glamorous side of the industry, one that few of us will ever see. This is sociology at its finest: thoughtful analysis, great storytelling and an empathetic perspective on the lives of so many who pursue their dreams, only to find a few nightmares along the way. A must read for anyone interested in understanding how celebrity is made." --Sudhir Venkatesh, author of Gang Leader for a Day
"This book is a pleasure to read--an entertaining, well-written and sophisticated analysis. I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the intersection of aesthetics, gender, and labor." --Debra Gimlin, author of Body Work
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- Title Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model
- Author Ashley Mears
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Paperback
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkley, CA
- Date 2011-09-14
- ISBN 9780520270763 / 0520270762
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Models (Persons), Fashion shows
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011006003
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.477
Media reviews
Citations
- Choice, 02/01/2012, Page 0
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/16/2011, Page 7
- Publishers Weekly, 10/03/2011, Page 0
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