Modeling consumption: Fashion modeling work in contemporary society

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-296

  Wissinger, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic labor; Branding; Commodification; Cultural intermediaries; Entrepreneurial labor; Fashion; Image production; Immaterial labor; Models (persons)

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651061911     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540509104377     Document Type: Article

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