The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History

by Ilise S Carter and Ilise S. Carter

Book Overview

In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion. It's a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of our most iconic accessories of gender. This engaging and entertaining history of lipstick from the colonies to the present will give readers a new view of the little tube's big place in modern America from defining the middle class to building Fortune...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633887103
• ISBN13: 9781633887107
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.1"