Shopping and the Senses, 1800-1970

A Sensory History of Retail and Consumption

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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This book demonstrates the primacy of touch, smell, taste, sight and sound within the retail landscape. It considers embodied sensory experiences and practices, and it represents both a celebration and interrogation of the integration of sensory histories into the study of retail and consumption.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-03-13
Mått148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt310 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030903374

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1. Introduction: Shopping and Sensing: Embodied Experiences of Retail and Consumption; Serena Dyer.- 2. 'To Rub the Nose in the Tea': Smell, Taste, and the Assessment of Quality in Early-Nineteenth Century Tea Retail; Mathew Mauger.- 3. An Assault on the Senses: Cultural Representations of the Victorian Village Shop; Lucy Bailey.- 4. Women, Shopping and the Politics of Sitting Down; Stephanie Rainesl.- 5. Comfort and Safety: Shopping Spaces in Nineteenth-Century Amsterdam and Brussels; Anneleen Arnout.- 6. The Customer Set Free: Shopping Under Iron and Glass at the Bon Marché; Amanda Sikarskie.- 7. The Cry of Silk: Fetishism and Erotomania in Au Bonheur des Dames; Wendy Ligon Smith.- 8. "Behind the Scenes of a Retail Shop": Sensory Experiences of Living‐In, 1880s-1920s; Alison Moulds.- 9. Synergy and Dissonance of the Senses: Negotiating Fashion through Second-Hand Dealing, Seconds Trading, Jumble Sales and Street Markets in 1930s London; Cheryl Roberts.- 10. 'A Seductive Weapon…a Necessary Luxury': Shopping for 'Designer Perfume' during the Interwar Period; Lucy Moyse Ferreira.- 11. Be My Baby: Developing Sensory Experiences for Teenagers in British Fashion Retail, 1945-1975; Bethan Bide.