Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-292) and index.
Contents
Entrepreneurial wishes and career dreams -- The aspirational ethos: gender, consumerism, and labor -- (Not) just for the fun of it: the labor of social media production -- Branding the authentic self: the commercial appeal of "being real" -- "And now, a word from our sponsor": attracting advertisers, building brands, leveraging (free) labor -- The "Instagram filter": dispelling the myths of entrepreneurial glamour -- Aspirational labor's (in)visibility -- Epilogue: the aspirational labour of an academic.