Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271.
The article introduces Giulia Mensitieri's book, "The Most Beautiful Job in the World," which sheds light on the gap between the glamorous image of the fashion industry and the harsh realities faced by those working within it. The book focuses on luxury fashion and explores the explo...
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The article introduces Giulia Mensitieri's book, "The Most Beautiful Job in the World," which sheds light on the gap between the glamorous image of the fashion industry and the harsh realities faced by those working within it. The book focuses on luxury fashion and explores the exploitative practices, inequalities, and emotional toll experienced by stylists, photographers, and designers. It emphasizes the paradoxical nature of the industry, combining prestige with precariousness and self-fulfillment with self-exploitation. The concepts of capitalism, dreams, oxymorons, and heterotopia are analyzed to better understand the complexities of the fashion industry.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e8c5d79669f4a068c28b41512792c652024-04-02T22:13:44ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridCuadernos de Relaciones Laborales1131-86351988-25722024-04-0142110.5209/crla.89194Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271.Sumaya Abdel Qader0Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano The article introduces Giulia Mensitieri's book, "The Most Beautiful Job in the World," which sheds light on the gap between the glamorous image of the fashion industry and the harsh realities faced by those working within it. The book focuses on luxury fashion and explores the exploitative practices, inequalities, and emotional toll experienced by stylists, photographers, and designers. It emphasizes the paradoxical nature of the industry, combining prestige with precariousness and self-fulfillment with self-exploitation. The concepts of capitalism, dreams, oxymorons, and heterotopia are analyzed to better understand the complexities of the fashion industry. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CRLA/article/view/89194Fashion industryfashionluxury fashionjob insecuritylabour exploitation |
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| title | Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271. |
| title_full | Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271. |
| title_fullStr | Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271. |
| title_short | Mensitieri, G. (ed.) (2020) The most beautiful job in the world, London, Bloomsbury, p. 271. |
| title_sort | mensitieri g ed 2020 the most beautiful job in the world london bloomsbury p 271 |
| topic | Fashion industry fashion luxury fashion job insecurity labour exploitation |
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