Consuming Angels: Advertising and Victorian Women

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Consuming Angels: Advertising and Victorian Women

Name: Consuming Angels: Advertising and Victorian Women
ISBN: 9781423758600

Lori Anne Loeb

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Timid and retiring, the Victorian housewife was an "angel in the house," or so says the stereotype. But when this angel picked up a popular magazine--The Lady, for instance--she saw in its advertisements images of Grecian goddesses, women warriors, queens, actresses, adventurers. These arrestingly sexual and surprisingly powerful images are the subject of Consuming Angels, a major examination of how Victorian ads shaped social values. Stylishly written and featuring 73 reproductions, this book shows how ads used the hedonistic aspects of Victorian culture to sell their wares, glorified consumerism, and mythologized the middle-class life. Images of aggressive women, Loeb shows, played well to both men and women. And ultimately, these ads helped usher in the twentieth century with the creation of a new community: the community of consumers.

Catégories:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Année:

1994

Langue:

english

Pages:

240

ISBN 10:

1423758609

ISBN 13:

9781423758600