Discipline of the catwalk: Gender, power and uncertainty in fashion modeling

Ethnography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 429-456

  Mears, Ashley ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily capital; Discipline; Fashion industry; Femininity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349124537     PISSN: 14661381     EISSN: 17412714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1466138108096985     Document Type: Article

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