Covering a period of two centuries, from Marie Antoinette's Paris to the cosmetics culture of mid-century America, these essays discuss how Western societies th... » 

Covering a period of two centuries, from Marie Antoinette's Paris to the cosmetics culture of mid-century America, these essays discuss how Western societies think about and use goods, and how goods shape female and male identities, and divide between a male breadwinner and a female consumer. «