Making Faces

Portraiture as a Negotiated Worker-Client Relationship

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2363183
AutoresNancy Wisely (Stephen F. Austin State University, autor correspondente), Gary Alan Fine (0000-0002-2431-1562, University of Georgia)
Ano1997
Volume24
Fascículo2
Páginas164-187
Data de publicação1997-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWork and Occupations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0730-8884 • E-ISSN: 1552-8464
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0730888497024002003
OpenAlexW2032276477
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas23

In occupations that are premised on satisfying clients, competent workers need more than technical training. They must be able to both interpret ('read') people and interact with them deftly. Through accurate character reading, workers altercast others, and thereby demonstrate their command of professional practice. This process is particularly significant for occupations that involve transformation of a client's public persona. To examine the dynamics by which workers read character, we examine the world of portrait painters. We focus on how portrait painters are socialized to the techniques and conventions provided in how-to manuals, intended to train novice portraitists on how to create successful portraits. We describe three processes that contribute to the presentation of a client in a portrait: the recognition of character, the presentation of character, and the negotiation of character

Aesthetics · Art · Human–computer interaction · Linguistics · Negotiation · Painting · Persona · Portrait · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Emotional Labor in Professions · Management and Organizational Studies · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory