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Godart, Frederic C. Mears, Ashley – Social Forces, 2009
Faced with high uncertainty, how do producers in the cultural economy make creative decisions? We present a case study of the fashion modeling industry. Using participant observation, interviews and network analysis of the Spring/Summer 2007 Fashion Week collections, we explain how producers select models for fashion shows. While fashion producers…
Descriptors: Clothing, Creativity, Decision Making, Personnel Selection
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Slevin, Kathleen F. – Social Forces, 2010
This article uses a feminist framework to explore embodied aging by analyzing indepth formal interviews with 57 men and women in their 60s, 70s and 80s. Emphasizing intersectionality, I focus on the interpretations and strategies these men and women use to make sense of their aging bodies. Their aging corporeal experiences allow me to examine…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Feminism, Interviews