Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit - Hardcover
by Ashley Mears
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691168654ISBN-10:691168652UPC:9780691168654Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology, Popular CultureSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCXNWB4DV3
A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men
Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691168654ISBN-10:691168652UPC:9780691168654Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology, Popular CultureSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCXNWB4DV3
Ashley Mears is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Boston University. She is the author of Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, Elle, and other publications. She lives in Boston.
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