How aesthetic logics shape a cultural field: Differentiation and consolidation in the transnational field of fashion images, 1982–2011

Empreendedorismo cultural e artístico: veredas da pesquisa acadêmica

“…Estudos reconhecem a necessidade e a importância de preocupações políticas, corpóreas e estéticas no estudo do empreendedorismo das artes e cultura, porém, ainda são escassos os estudos que se aprofundam na análise estética (Elias et al, 2018). A lógica estética molda o campo cultural (Laan & Kuipers, 2016). A potência da estética em renovar pesquisas futuras se deve a vários fatores:…”

Introduction

“…These practices range from mundane rituals such as washing, teeth cleansing, make-up application and hair removal and shaping to projects such as dieting and working out and interventions like aesthetic surgery or bodily implants. Social scientists have referred to the plethora of different aesthetic practices using various terms such as body modification (Featherstone, 1999) and dress work (van den Berg & Vonk, 2020), as well as beauty work, body work and appearance work (for reviews, see Gimlin, 2007;Kwan & Trautner, 2009;Mears, 2014). As the terminology suggests, many scholars have viewed these practices primarily as work rather than leisure.…”

The Microsociology of Aesthetic Evaluation: Selecting Runway Fashion Models

“…Even as silhouettes have become internalized to bodies over the course of the twentieth century, the waist-to-hip ratios of Playboy centerfolds and Miss America winners have changed significantly over the decades (Freese and Meland 2002). Semiotic and socio-economic studies have also repeatedly shown how industry gatekeepers restrict aesthetic exploration in order to reduce risk (Peterson and Anand 2004;van der Laan and Kuipers 2016). In the absence of objective measures, status substitutes for quality (Mears 2011, 153;Podolny 1993).…”