{"product_id":"consuming-subjects-women-shopping-and-business-in-the-eighteenth-century-paperback","title":"Consuming Subjects: Women, Shopping, and Business in the Eighteenth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConsuming Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful exploration of the origin of the modern idea of women as shoppers. Kowaleski-Wallace considers the origins of current ideas about women and consumerism to call into question the \"natural\" link between women and the commodities they buy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile previous scholars have posited the nineteenth-century department store and arcade as the crucial place for understanding the emergence of the female consumer, Kowaleski-Wallace argues that the eighteenth century yields a keener understanding by allowing us to view the foundations of contemporary cultural practices. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on feminist criticism, cultural studies, and new historical ideas, she surveys eighteenth-century literary texts, material objects -such as china- and cultural events to illuminate the ways in which women are both controlled and empowered through images of consumption. Kowaleski-Wallace links the rise of shopping to the appearance of modern pronography: like pornography, shopping embodies a cultural fantasy, claiming to locate and control female \"pleasure.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis elegant study is an important contribution to eighteenth-century studies and will appeal to a broader audience of readers interested in feminist and cultural issues.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace is assistant professor of English at Boston College. She is author of \u003ci\u003eTheir Fathers' Daughters: Hannah Moore, Maria Edgeworth, and Patriarchal Complicity, \u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor, with Patricia Yaeger, of \u003ci\u003eRefiguring the Father: New Feminist Readings of Patriarchy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.99 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135106551943,"sku":"9780231105798","price":61.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/116dad0af9e4db82e3bdbdf9f63b8f2a.webp?v=1732647039","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/consuming-subjects-women-shopping-and-business-in-the-eighteenth-century-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}