Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women: Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe

by Timothy Burke

Book Overview

How do people come to need products they never even knew they wanted? How, for example, did indigenous Zimbabweans of the 1940s begin to believe that they required Lifebuoy soap? Offering a glimpse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822317621
• ISBN13: 9780822317623
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"