Markets in fashion : a phenomenological approach /

Interest in contemporary cultural industries has grown in the past decade, as they take on a greater significance in our increasingly consumer-led society. Focusing on the world of fashion photography, this book presents an interdisciplinary approach in which this and other aesthetic markets, such a...

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Main Author: Aspers, Patrik, 1970-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Series:Routledge studies in business organization and networks ; 31.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=123007
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Summary:Interest in contemporary cultural industries has grown in the past decade, as they take on a greater significance in our increasingly consumer-led society. Focusing on the world of fashion photography, this book presents an interdisciplinary approach in which this and other aesthetic markets, such as advertising, modelling, art, music and more, can be viewed. The main thrust of this groundbreaking book, is in developing a theory for these cultural markets, characterized by insecurity, and where status and aesthetic diversity generate order and price differentiation. In these industrie.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 240 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.
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