Pham Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet

Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7488-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Minh-ha T. Pham examines the phenomenal rise and influence of elite Asian personal style superbloggers such as Susie Bubble and Bryanboy. Situating blogging within the historical context of gendered racial fashion work and global consumer capitalism, Pham analyzes how race, class, gender, and sexuality affect bloggers' work, opportunities, and rewards.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pham, Minh-Ha T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Design Modedesign, Stoffe, Schmuckdesign

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction. Asian Personal Style Superbloggers and the Material Conditions and Contexts of Asian Fashion Work 1

1. The Taste and Aftertaste for Asian Superbloggers 41

2. Style Stories, Written Tastes, and the Work of Self-Composure 81

3. "So Many and All the Same" (but Not Quite): Outfit Photos and the Codes of Asian Eliteness 105

4. The Racial and Gendered Job Performances of Fashion Blogger Poses 129

5. Invisible Labor and Racial Visibilities in Outfit Posts 167

Coda. All in the Eyes 193

Notes 201

Bibliography 219

Index 247

Über Autor(innen)

Minh-Ha T. Pham is Assistant Professor in the Graduate Media Studies Program at the Pratt Institute. Her research has been featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, the Atlantic, the San Francisco Chronicle, CNN, NPR, Jezebel, and the Huffington Post.