The dark side of occupation within the context of modern-day beauty pageants
| Autor: | Pauline Gail V. Martinez, Rebecca Twinley, Michael P. Sy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030506 rehabilitation
media_common.quotation_subject Energy (esotericism) 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Emotions 0507 social and economic geography Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences Beauty Great Rift Aesthetics Natural (music) Humans Female Sociology Occupational science Performing arts Occupations 0305 other medical science 050703 geography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Work (Reading, Mass.). 69(2) |
| ISSN: | 1875-9270 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The desire to be physically beautiful is inherent among human beings. In particular, some women who participate in modern-day beauty pageants tend to spend more time, energy, money and emotional resources to alter their natural body and looks to fit socially and culturally constructed standards of beauty. OBJECTIVE: The authors frame beauty pageants as the context where diverse occupations are at play with the purpose of becoming a ‘beauty queen’. This commentary aims to discuss the origins and culture of beauty pageants, the different perspectives on pageantry work, and essential and hidden occupations performed within the context of this form of performing art. APPROACH: Using the conceptual lens of the dark side of occupation, hidden occupations are characterised by the doings of pageant hopefuls that are less explored and acknowledged because they are perceived as health-compromising, risky, dishonest, illicit, and socially or personally undesirable. CONCLUSION: Furthermore, this commentary calls for the exploration of occupations beyond the conventional scope of its understanding and the acknowledgment of hidden occupations intertwined into people’s everyday doings specifically in the context of desiring to be ‘beautiful’. |
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