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Virginia Postrel despre glamour

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Într-un discurs oportun, criticul de cultură Virgina Postrel meditează asupra adevăratului înţeles şi utilizările puternice ale glamourului -- pe care ea îl defineşte ca fiind orice imagine calculată, conştiincios lucrată, creată pentru a impresiona şi a convinge.

Virginia Postrel is a writer and cultural critic who examines the hidden economics of modern society, poking at the unexamined ideas behind the march of progress. Full bio »

Translated into Romanian by Vanessa Nistor
Reviewed by Laszlo Kereszturi
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