Aesthetic labour : rethinking beauty politics in neoliberalism / Ana Sofia Elias, Rosalind Gill, Christina Scharff, editors.
2017
HQ1219 .A37 2017eb
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Title
Aesthetic labour : rethinking beauty politics in neoliberalism / Ana Sofia Elias, Rosalind Gill, Christina Scharff, editors.
ISBN
9781137477651 (electronic book)
1137477652 (electronic book)
9781137477644
1137477644
1137477652 (electronic book)
9781137477644
1137477644
Publication Details
London : Palgrave Macmillan, c2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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HQ1219 .A37 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.42
Summary
This volume approaches questions about gender and the politics of appearance from a new perspective by developing the notion of aesthetic labour. Bringing together feminist writing regarding the ‘beauty myth’ with recent scholarship about new forms of work, the book suggests that in this moment of ubiquitous photography, social media, and 360 degree surveillance, women are increasingly required to be 'aesthetic entrepreneurs’, maintaining a constant state of vigilance about their appearance. The collection shows that this work is not just on the surface of bodies, but requires a transformation of subjectivity itself, characterised by notions of personal choice, risk-taking, self-management, and individual responsibility. The book includes analyses of online media, beauty service work, female genital cosmetic surgery, academic fashion, self-help literature and the seduction community, from a range of countries. Discussing beauty politics, postfeminism, neoliberalism, labour and subjectivity, the book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in Gender, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Social Psychology and Management Studies. .
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Series
Dynamics of virtual work.
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