Publication

2017 - Yale University Press, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

77,000 words, Guess

Page Count

308 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100300218176
  • ISBN-139780300218176
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016961763
  • OCLC Control Number961308402
  • Better World Books9780300218176
and 3 more
  • Better World BooksP8-CIK-348
  • Better World BooksP8-AUF-980
  • Open LibraryOL26882583M

Classifications

  • DDC302.30285
  • LCCHM742 .D84 2017
  • LCCHD6054.3
and 2 more
  • LCCP94.5.W65 D84 2017
  • LCCHD6073.M37 D84 2017

Description

"Profound transformations in our digital society have brought many enterprising women to social media platforms--from blogs to YouTube to Instagram--in hopes of channeling their talents into fulfilling careers. In this eye-opening book, Brooke Erin Duffy draws much-needed attention to the gap between the handful who find lucrative careers and the rest, whose "passion projects" amount to free work for corporate brands. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork, Duffy offers fascinating insights into the work and lives of fashion bloggers, beauty vloggers, and designers. She connects the activities of these women to larger shifts in unpaid and gendered labor, offering a lens through which to understand, anticipate, and critique broader transformations in the creative economy. At a moment when social media offer the rousing assurance that anyone can "make it"--and stand out among freelancers, temps, and gig workers--Duffy asks us all to consider the stakes of not getting paid to do what you love." -- Publisher's description

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