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Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit by Ashley M
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- Objectstaat
- Book Title
- Very Important People
- ISBN-13
- 9780691227054
- Subject
- Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Popular Culture
- ISBN
- 9780691227054
- Subject Area
- Social Science
- Publication Name
- Very Important People : Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Width
- 5.3 in
- Item Weight
- 11.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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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 men Million-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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
0691227055
ISBN-13
9780691227054
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050075941
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Very Important People : Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology / General, Popular Culture
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2021-276364
Intended Audience
College Audience
Lc Classification Number
Hq798.M447 2021
Reviews
"Enlightening. . . . A fascinating glimpse into life behind the velvet rope." ---Matthew Partridge, Money Week, " Very Important People depicts a complex world of exchange and exploitation, and warrants praise for doing so without passing predictable moral judgement. More than offering a mere window into the exotic lives of others, Ashley Mears emphasizes themes that should resonate with us all: the labour of marginalized others that lurks behind so much status-seeking consumption, the risks of conflating work with fun and friendship, and the sad fact that 'girl power' remains as oxymoronic as ever." ---Alice Bloch, Times Literary Supplement, "Compelling, vivid and curiously poignant. . . . Very Important People succeeds in exposing the intriguing and often distressing realities of a culture whose values seem both alien and unpleasantly persistent." ---Lisa Hilton, The Critic, " Very Important People was written before the coronavirus pandemic, but Covid-19 makes it more relevant. Lockdown has widened inequality as poorer households lose jobs and rely on their savings. Meanwhile, the rich are getting richer, leading to pent up demand for parties, girls and bottle trains among those who have already missed a season of it." ---Ollie Williams, Forbes, "The most colourful investigation into nightlife and gender politics since Gloria Steinem went incognito as a Playboy Bunny in 1963." ---Mark Smith, The Times, "Riveting. . . . The results of her investigation are astonishing. Mears has amassed pages of enthralling, richly human testimony. . . . The anecdotes are hugely entertaining, in a throw-up-in-your-mouth way. . . . Mears's thesis--that nightclubs aren't exceptions to 'real life,' but a distilled, brutal caricature of it--gathers strength as the details accumulate. . . . Elegantly written and genuinely page-turning, with revelations about life that go far beyond nightclubs." ---Iona McLaren, Daily Telegraph, "Throughout the seven chapters of the book, Mears dissects the economy of " models and bottles " (p. 17), or the formula by which we designate those parties in which the super rich display their power by attending models and making flaunting their wealth by wasting money and buying many bottles at exorbitant prices."" ---Giulia Mensitieri, La Vie Des Idees, Riveting. . . . Mears is an excellent storyteller, resulting in a book that's well-informed and critical but also animated and engaging., Honorable Mention for the Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, Consumers and Consumption Section of the American Sociological Association, "Mears takes her readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit, from New York City to Miami and Saint-Tropez, in order to reveal a world constituted by spectacular displays of wealth." ---Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio 4, Thinking Allowed
Dewey Decimal
305.2422
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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