Consuming fantasies : labor, leisure, and the London shopgirl, 1880-1920

Publication Data

• Title Consuming fantasies : labor, leisure, and the London shopgirl, 1880-1920
• Author Lise Sanders
• Publisher Ohio State University Press
• Publication date 2006
• Publication location Columbus
• Language English

Contents

Constructing the shopgirl : the politics of everyday life
Figuring the female body : labor, sex, and desire in the department store
The failures of the romance : boredom and the production of consuming desires
Imagining alternatives to the romance: absorption and distraction as modes of reading
Distracted pleasures: gender, leisure, and consuming in public.

Topics

• English literature :: 19th century :: History and criticism
• Women sales personnel in literature
• English literature :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• Women sales personnel :: England :: London :: History
• Working class women :: England :: London :: History
• Department stores :: England :: London :: History
• Retail trade :: England :: London :: History
• Women and literature :: England :: London
• Sex role in literature
• London (England) :: In literature
• London (England)

Consuming fantasies : labor, leisure, and the London shopgirl, 1880-1920 by Lise Sanders. ISBN 0814290930. Published by Ohio State University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.