Fashioning Fat : Inside Plus-Size Modeling

• Autore: Czerniawski Amanda M
• Pubblicazione: 2015; New York, : NYU Press, 2015; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 746.92082
• Soggetto topico: Body image; Plus-size women's clothing industry; Self-esteem in women; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: SOC026000SOC028000
• Note generali: IMD-Felder maschinell generiert
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. From Books to Looks: Journeying into Plus-Size Modeling; 2. How to Become a Plus-Size Model; 3. Models of All (Plus) Sizes?; 4. Disciplining Corpulence through Aesthetic Labor; 5. Agents as Gatekeepers of Fashion; 6. Selling the Fat Body; 7. Stepping Out of the Plus-Size Looking Glass; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: For two and a half years, Amanda Czerniawski was a sociologist turned plus-size model. Journeying into a world where, as a size 10, she was not considered an average body type, but rather, for the fashion industry, "plus-sized," Czerniawski studied the standards of work and image production in the plus-sized model industry. Fashioning Fat takes us through a model's day-to-day activities, first at open calls at modeling agencies and then through the fashion shows and photo shoots. Czerniawski also interviewed 35 plus-size models about their lives in the world of fashion, bringing to life the st
• Titolo autorizzato: Fashioning Fat
• ISBN: 9780814770320; 0814770320; 9780814760079; 0814760074
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911004793603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II