tailieunhanh - Does This Make Me Look Fat? Aesthetic Labor and Fat Talk as Emotional Labor in a Women's Plus-Size Clothing Store

In studies from the first of these fields, guided by objectives of an applied nature, it is the users that deter- mine the aesthetic value and/or quality of the landscape; however, this is conceptualized as an external and inva- riant source of stimulation to which individuals respond in a uniform way. Consequently, the fundamental con- cern has been to analyse the relationships between the magnitude of the physical stimuli (objective attributes of the landscape) and the psychological responses to them (basically, general preference judgements), without taking account of the possible existence of any type of intermediary process that may in fact be responsible for such judgements. Is for this reason that various. | u N I V E R s 1 T OF CALlFOHNtA PRESS J Ũ TJ A h LỈ Ũ I Ũ I T . L i b 6 I i H INỨ SSSP Does This Make Me Look Fat Aesthetic Labor and Fat Talk as Emotional Labor in a Womens Plus-Size Clothing Store Author s Kjerstin Gruys Reviewed work s Source Social Problems Vol. 59 No. 4 November 2012 pp. 481-500 Published by University of California Press on behalf of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Stable URL http stable H HHHi i iH i H iB Accessed 21 11 2012 18 22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use available at http page info about policies . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars researchers and students discover use and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR please contact support@. Mfc itoj University of California Press and Society for the Study of Social Problems are collaborating with JSTOR to digitize preserve and extend access to Social Problems. http This content downloaded by the authorized user from on Wed 21 Nov 2012 18 22 13 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Does This Make Me Look Fat Aesthetic Labor and Fat Talk as Emotional Labor in a Women s Plus-Size Clothing Store Kjerstin Gruys University of California Los Angeles Drawing on participant observation at a women s plus-size clothing store Real Style this article draws on the unique experiences of plus-sized women in their roles as workers managers and customers to examine how mainstream beauty standards body-accepting branding and customers diverse feeling rules shape service interactions. Despite branding that promoted prideful appreciation for Real bodies the influence of these body-accepting discourses was constrained by women s internalization of .