Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 502 g
Commerce, Gender, and Culture in Modern America
Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 502 g
Reihe: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture
ISBN: 978-0-415-92667-6
Verlag: Routledge
Leading historians explore how our ideas of what is attractive are influenced by a broad range of social and economic factors. They force us to reckon with the ways that beauty has been made, bought and sold in modern America.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Sonstige Dienstleistungssektoren
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
Weitere Infos & Material
Contents Preface, Philip Scranton Acknowledgments On Beauty,.and the History of Business, Kathy Peiss Part 1: Images and Reforms Any Desired Length: Negotiating Gender Through Sports Clothing, 1870-1925, Sarah A. Gordon Questionable Beauty: The Dangers and Delights of the Cigarette in American Society, 1880-1930, Nancy Bowman Collars and Consumers: Changing Images of American Manliness and Beauty, Carole Turbin Fighting the Corsetless Evil: Shaping Corsets and Cultures, 1900-1930, Jill Fields Part 2: Business and Work A Depression-Proof Business Strategy: The California Perfume Company's Motivational Literature, Katina L. Manko I Had My Own Business. So I Didn't Have to Worry: Beauty Salons, Beauty Culturists and the Politics of African-American Female Entrepreneurship, Tiffany Melissa Gill At the Curve Exchange: Postwar Beauty Culture and Working Women at Maidenform, Vicki Howard Estee Lauder: Self- Definition and the Modern Cosmetics Market, Nancy Koehn Part 3: Constructing Commodiities Black is Profitable: The Commodification of the Afro, 1960-1975, Susannah Walker Loveliest Daughter of Our Ancient Cathay!: Representations of Ethnic and Gender Identity in the Miss Chinatown U.S.A Beauty Pagent, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu Hiding the Scars: History of Breast Prostheses After Mastectomy Since 1945, Kirsten E. Gardner Notes on the Contributors Index