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Very Important People

By Ashley Mears

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Very Important People

By Ashley Mears

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Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit--from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez--to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure. Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2020-05-26
Publication Date:
2020-05-26
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0691168652
ISBN13:
9780691168654
Weight:
660 g
Height:
167 cm
Width:
242 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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