Consuming Angels : Advertising and Victorian Women
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195085965
ISBN-13
9780195085969
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint
Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 8th, 1994
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
526 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Communication studiesCultural studiesAdvertising
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This is a major study of the manner in which Victorian advertisements shaped social values and ideals. It demonstrates how advertisements reflected hedonistic patterns, glorified the culture's consumerism, and mythologized a middle-class life which offered prosperity for all.
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 Greek 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.
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