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Ashley Mears Very Important People (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Very Important PeopleCondition: NewEAN: 9780691227054ISBN: 9780691227054Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/31/2021Item Height: 203mmItem Length: 133mmAuthor: Ashley MearsLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Status and Beauty in the Global Party CircuitISBN-10: 0691227055Description: A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of menMillion-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez—to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure.Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. She describes how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their venues in order to attract men and get them to spend huge sums in the ritual of bottle service. These "girls" enhance the status of the men and enrich club owners, exchanging their bodily capital for as little as free drinks and a chance to party with men who are rich or aspire to be. Though they are priceless assets in the party circuit, these women are regarded as worthless as long-term relationship prospects, and their bodies are constantly assessed against men's money.A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Gender Sex & RelationshipsRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Very Important People

Title: Very Important People

EAN: 9780691227054

ISBN: 9780691227054

Release Date: 08/31/2021

Release Year: 2021

Subtitle: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

ISBN-10: 0691227055

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Society & Culture

Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships

Number of Pages: 328 Pages

Publication Name: Very Important People : Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

Language: English

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Subject: Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Popular Culture

Item Height: 0.8 in

Publication Year: 2021

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 11.8 Oz

Subject Area: Social Science

Item Length: 8 in

Author: Ashley Mears

Item Width: 5.3 in

Format: Trade Paperback

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