Fashion model

immaterial labor and existential consumerist strategy on expatriation

Authors

  • Vanessa Amaral Prestes Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Carmem Ligia Iochins Grisci Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-0490.v20i2p111-127

Keywords:

Liquid life, Immaterial labor, Fashion model, Expatriation

Abstract

This qualitative study aimed to verify and analyze the strategy of living the fashion models’ life, considering the immaterial labor that they perform. Brazilian fashion models who worked or have worked in an expatriation situation participated in this study, and bookers. The data collection occurred through semi-structured interview. The results relate to dreams and the insertion in the profession, the incentives and the speeches that foment the fashion model life announced; to the mobilization of self and incorporation of a model of fashion model; to the tape measure dictatorship; to the strong book as an international passport; to the pathways and obstacles in the expatriation and, finally, the strategy of living the fashion model life in the expatriation.

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Author Biographies

  • Vanessa Amaral Prestes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Mestre e doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (PPGA/EA/UFRGS).

  • Carmem Ligia Iochins Grisci, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Doutora em Psicologia, professora titular no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (PPGA/EA/UFRGS), Pesquisadora Produtividade em Pesquisa CNPq – 1D (302978/2014-3).

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Published

2017-12-30

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2017)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Fashion model: immaterial labor and existential consumerist strategy on expatriation. (2017). Cadernos De Psicologia Social Do Trabalho, 20(2), 111-127. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-0490.v20i2p111-127