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Ashley Mears



Ashley Mears is an American writer, sociologist, and former fashion model. She is currently an associate professor of sociology at Boston University. Mears is the author of Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model, and is regularly quoted in media as an academic expert in the culture and economics of fashion.

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Very Important People: Stat...

3.76 avg rating — 1,452 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions
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Pricing Beauty: The Making ...

3.59 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions
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“promoter’s job is to stage a show of two types of power—wealth and beauty—embodied in the form of rich men and girls, respectively.”
Ashley Mears, Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

“The wealthy spenders at every VIP club, everywhere in the world, are almost always heterosexual men.”
Ashley Mears, Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

“The uncertainty over exactly how or when repayment happens can make a gift more burdensome than a clearly delineated market transaction.”
Ashley Mears, Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit



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