Work! A Queer History of Modeling |
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| Author:
| Brown, Elspeth H. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4780-0026-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2019 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $107.95 |
Book Description:
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Elspeth H. Brown traces modeling's history from the advent of photographic modeling in the early twentieth century to the rise of the supermodel in the 1980s, showing how it is both the quintessential occupation of a modern consumer economy and a practice that has been shaped by queer sensibilities.
Elspeth H. Brown traces modeling's history from the advent of photographic modeling in the early twentieth century to the rise of the supermodel in the 1980s, showing how it is both the quintessential occupation of a modern consumer economy and a practice that has been shaped by queer sensibilities.