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Some Thoughts on Aesthetic Labor
Photo via Improv Everywhere This response is posted on behalf of Jeff Sallaz. The idea of aesthetic labor is a fascinating one. What does it mean to get paid to create beauty? A beautician by...
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Labor and the Bride
Photo via Wikipedia.org Women choosing bridal gowns (with the help of friends or stylists, even) probably isn’t new per se, but what does seem new, however, is the multitude of people who expend a not...
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Will Work for Cool
Photo via Abercrombie & Fitch Because it’s an exciting moment in fieldwork methods, I tell the story often of how I entered my research site for my new book, Pricing Beauty: The Making of a...
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A Panel on Aesthetic Labor
Photo via Improv Everywhere The photo above, of an Abercrombie model posing with customers, embodies the sociological concept of aesthetic labor. Sociologists have been particularly interested in...
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Upgrading Jobs in the Retail Industry
J. Jill employee via Life Magazine I’ve started to notice more “help wanted” signs in retail stores. Does this mean that the economy is recovering? People may be shopping more, and stores may be...
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Sound and vision: Pumping up the volume on worker voice in aesthetic labour
Western society tends to emphasize the visual senses. Nevertheless, how workers speak and what they say is as important as their looks in aesthetic labour. However as Elizabeth Eustace points out in an...
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