Minh-Ha T. Pham

Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet

Race, Gender, and the Work of Personal Style Blogging

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780822360155
• ISBN-10: 0822360152
• Artikelnr.: 42284028

Autorenporträt

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.  

Inhaltsangabe

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