I am writing a book on glamour, understood not as a particular style but as a specific imaginative, emotional process that takes many different forms, depending on the audience and context. The Free Press, which also published The Future and Its Enemies, will be publishing the book.
For more, see my other website DeepGlamour.net, a group blog.
ARTICLES ON GLAMOUR
Why Amelia Bombed Glamour and charisma are two different things.
Move Over Miss Earhart: A photo gallery of Pancho Barnes, the other, more charismatic 1920s aviatrix.
DoubleX, November 13, 2009
The Politics of the Retouched Headshot "In an image-savvy culture, we're increasingly forced to consider just what constitutes a valid portrait"
TheAtlantic.com, October 16, 2008
The Secret Glamour of the Tin Man How The Wizard of Oz appeals to "dreams of flight and transformation and escape."
DoubleX, September 21, 2009
The Peril of Obama The glamour of Obama may be hard to resist, but could it get the country into trouble if he wins the presidency?
TheAtlantic.com, April 3, 2008
Beautiful Minds On television shows like CSI and Numb3rs, scientists are still weird—but a geeky glamour has replaced the old stereotypes.
September 2007
Starlight and Shadow George Hurrell's brilliantly orchestrated photographs helped define Hollywood glamour in the 1930s.
July-August 2007
Up, Up, and Away Today, air travel is just another form of mass transit. Is there any going back to the glamorous days of yore?
The Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2007
The Iconographer In Julius Shulman's photographs, modern architecture became seductive, comfortable, and immortal
The Atlantic Monthly, November 2006
Superhero Worship Once the province of Garbo and Astaire, movie glamour now comes from Superman, Spider-Man, and Storm.
The Atlantic Monthly, October 2006
TED 2004, "The Power of Glamour," audience member's notes here.
Caveat: This presentation represents a very early exploration of ideas that I have significantly developed and refined since then.
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