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Asians wear clothes on the internet : race, gender, and the work of personal style blogging / Minh-Ha T. Pham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phạm, Minh-Hà T., 1973- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fashion--Social aspects--Asia--Blogs.
- Fashion.
- Asians--Clothing--Blogs.
- Asians.
- Fashion writing--Asia--Blogs.
- Fashion writing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- The taste and aftertaste for Asian superbloggers
- Style stories, written tastes, and the work of self-composure
- "So many and all the same" (but not quite) : outfit photos and the codes of Asian eliteness
- The racial and gendered job performances of fashion blogger poses
- Invisible labor and racial visibilities in outfit posts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822374886
- 0822374889
- OCLC:
- 921306869
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