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This year's model : fashion, media, and the making of glamour /

Over the last four decades, the fashion modeling industry has become a lightning rod for debates about Western beauty ideals, the sexual objectification of women, and consumer desire. Yet, fashion models still captivate, embodying all that is cool, glam, hip, and desirable. They are a fixture in tab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wissinger, Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : glamour labor
  • Supermodels of the world : living the life
  • The runway : step into the room like it's a catwalk
  • The photo shoot : strike a pose there's nothing to it
  • Cover girl : managing the model body
  • The fashionable ideal : looking like a model
  • The job : nice work if you can get it
  • Scouting : the hunger for new faces
  • Black-black-black : how race is read
  • Touch-ups : making the model better
  • Conclusion : the affective turn.