Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975

by Susannah Walker

Between the 1920s and the 1970s, American economic culture began to emphasize the value of consumption over production. At the same time, the rise of new mass media such as radio and television facilitated the advertising and sales of consumer goods on an unprecedented scale. In Style and Status: Selling Beauty to African American Women, 1920-1975, Susannah Walker analyzes an often-overlooked facet of twentieth-century consumer society as she explores...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124336
• ISBN13: 9780813124339
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher