The Devils Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger is the story of Andrea Sachs, a 23 year old woman who aspires to write for The New Yorker one day. After graduating from Brown University and traveling Europe for the summer, Andrea returns home and looks for a job while staying with her friend Lily in New York. Andrea receives a call from Elias Clark, a major magazine publisher and is surprised to find that they have read her resume and would like to speak with her about a position they have available.
A subculture , which is a set of people with distinct behaviors and beliefs , faces a struggle against being eradicated in a capitalist society . Members of a subculture will often be identified through their use of style . Because they are distinct from the dominant culture , they are usually tied to stereotypes which may be used by society to justify certain discriminatory acts . Consequently , subcultures tend to allow themselves to be swallowed into the mainstream just to avoid being victims of stereotyping
In this , I will show how Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada lets herself unconsciously undergoes cultural appropriation in to adapt to her new environment and finally awakens that she is chained to a society that she actually does not belong to
Andy Sachs is a fresh-out-of-college girl who finds luck in New York City and has eventually landed as a co-assistant to a demanding fashion magazine editor , Miranda Priestly . After graduating from Northwestern University , she gets the job that a number of girls would indeed kill and die for . However , she does not seem to feel so lucky , at first , for having taken the post
At the beginning , one can clearly say that Any Sachs that does not really share the same culture that Runway Magazine has . The clothes she wears in her job interview with the company is environment populated by incredibly thin and stylish women clad in expensive turtlenecks , signature jackets and tight leather pants that manifest their
A subculture , which is a set of people with distinct behaviors and beliefs , faces a struggle against being eradicated in a capitalist society . Members of a subculture will often be identified through their use of style . Because they are distinct from the dominant culture , they are usually tied to stereotypes which may be used by society to justify certain discriminatory acts . Consequently , subcultures tend to allow themselves to be swallowed into the mainstream just to avoid being victims of stereotyping
In this , I will show how Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada lets herself unconsciously undergoes cultural appropriation in to adapt to her new environment and finally awakens that she is chained to a society that she actually does not belong to
Andy Sachs is a fresh-out-of-college girl who finds luck in New York City and has eventually landed as a co-assistant to a demanding fashion magazine editor , Miranda Priestly . After graduating from Northwestern University , she gets the job that a number of girls would indeed kill and die for . However , she does not seem to feel so lucky , at first , for having taken the post
At the beginning , one can clearly say that Any Sachs that does not really share the same culture that Runway Magazine has . The clothes she wears in her job interview with the company is environment populated by incredibly thin and stylish women clad in expensive turtlenecks , signature jackets and tight leather pants that manifest their