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Aesthetic Labour Rethinking Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Aesthetic Labour Rethinking Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism

By Ana Sofia Elias, Rosalind Gill, Christina Scharff

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About the book

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...Show more

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9781349693313

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

Aesthetic Labour Rethinking Beauty Politics in Neoliberalism

Format

Paperback

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