[PDF.41wx] The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion

The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion

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 | #344064 in Books |  2013-11-05 |  2013-11-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.13 x.90 x7.37l,.0 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Truly Great Book|By D. Gordon Savage|Another reviewer dismissed this as "a repetitive collage of shallow images and commentary." To which I respond: yes, brilliantly so. Postrel juxtaposes a series of structurally similar relationships between us and that which we find compelling about those others who seem to possess something we lack. It is this "collage" that lets us se| |"THE POWER OF GLAMOUR is another reminder why Virginia Postrel is one of our keenest cultural observers and most important social thinkers. Using lively prose, fascinating images, and examples that range from Alexander the Great to Kate Moss, Postrel brings to

In provocative detail with more than one hundred illustrations, critically acclaimed author Virginia Postrel separates glamour from glitz, revealing what qualities make a person, an object, a setting, or an experience glamorous.

What is it that creates that pleasurable pang of desire—the feeling of “if only”? If only I could wear those clothes, belong to that group, drive that car, live in that house, be (or be with) that person? Postrel identifi...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion   |  Virginia Postrel. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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