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Informationen zum Autor Joanne Entwistle is Reader in Culture and Creative Industries at King's College, London, UK. Elizabeth Wissinger is Associate Professor at the BMCC campus of the City University of New York, USA. Zusammenfassung This volume presents a cutting-edge examination of modelling through race, class and gender, as well as its structure as an aesthetic marketplace within the global fashion economy. Accessible and highly engaging, Fashioning Models is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and related disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionJoanne Entwistle, London College of Fashion, UK and Elizabeth Wissinger, BMCC, City University of New York, USAModels as BrandsJoanne Entwistle, London College of Fashion, U and Don Slater, London School of Economics, UK Part One - Histories of Fashion Modelling From Artist's Model to the 'Natural Girl': Containing Sexuality in Early Twentieth-Century Modelling Elspeth Brown, University of Toronto, Canada'Giving Colored Sisters a Superficial Equality': Re-Modelling African American Womanhood in Early Postwar AmericaLaila Haidarali, University of Essex, UKFashion Modelling in AustraliaMargaret Maynard, University of Queensland, AustraliaPerforming Dreams: A Counter History of Models as Glamour's EmbodimentPatrícia Soley-Beltran, University of Edinburgh, UK Part Two - Behind the Image: Contemporary Fashion Modelling Work and Practices The Figure of the Model and Reality Television Stephanie Sadre-Orafai, New York University, USAMade in Japan: Fashion Modelling in TokyoAshley Elizabeth Mears, New York University, USAModeling Consumption: Fashion Modeling Work in Contemporary SocietyElizabeth Wissinger, BMCC, City University of New York, USAFashion Modelling: the Industry PerspectiveIn discussion with Cory Bautista, Agency Director, New York Models, USA; George Speros, Agent, Women's division, New York Models, USA; Doreen Small, Vice President, General Counsel Ford Model Agency, NY, USA; Melissa Richardson, founder and owner of Take2 Model Management, London, UKIndex...
