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The Aesthetic Economy The production of value in the field of fashion modelling
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In this article, the authors argue that economic calculations are intertwined with cultural concerns, bound to forms of cultural knowledge, capital and acquired taste, and to social, cultural and institutional relations.Abstract:
This article delineates the operations of one particular ‘aesthetic economy’, focusing on the way in which aesthetics in the field of fashion modelling are central to the economic calculations of this market. Drawing on the work of Bourdieu and Blumer, the author argues that economic calculations are intertwined with cultural concerns, bound to forms of cultural knowledge, capital and acquired taste, and to social, cultural and institutional relations. A culturally valued look (the model’s body) is produced through processes of cultural valorization within the fashion modelling network, which, in time, aim to translate into economic value in the form of high fees. Fashion modelling provides an interesting case study which might shed light on how aesthetic values are generated in other fields of cultural production with a strong aesthetic component. In setting out this case study the author delineates an approach to the study of other aesthetic economies.read more
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Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste
TL;DR: In this article, a social critic of the judgement of taste is presented, and a "vulgar" critic of 'pure' criticiques is proposed to counter this critique.
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The Field of Cultural Production Essays on Art and Literature
Pierre Bourdieu,Randal Johnson +1 more
TL;DR: The field of cultural production is the contribution to an economy of symbolic goods as discussed by the authors, or contribution to a symbolic goods market, the market of the symbolic goods is a market for symbolic goods.
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Economies of signs and space
Scott Lash,John Urry +1 more
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