Title Temptations : sex, selling, and the department store / Gail Reekie

Published St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 1993

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Description xxii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm Series Australian cultural studies Australian cultural studies. Contents Pt. I. 1880-1905. 1. Private desires -- Pt. II. 1900-30. 2. Sex, class and the mass market. 3. Scientific selling. 4. Sexed commodities. 5. Windows and interior displays -- Pt. III. 1915-30. 6. Managing women's desires. 7. Madam intervenes: women and consumer politics. 8. Sexualised consumerism -- Pt. IV. 1930-90. 9. Romance to pornography Analysis Department stores -- Social aspects -- Australia Sales promotion -- Sex differences Women consumers -- Australia Notes CIP confirmed Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-247) and index Subject Advertising -- Social aspects -- Australia. Department stores -- History. Department stores -- Social aspects -- Australia. Department stores -- Sociological aspects. Department stores -- Australia -- History. Department stores -- Australia -- Sociological aspects. Sales promotion -- Sex differences. Sex role in advertising -- Australia. Women consumers -- Australia. Women consumers. LC no. 93153557 ISBN 1863733426

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