Scenes of parisian modernity: culture and consumption in the Nineteenth Century

This book explores the commercial modernity of Parisian urban culture and consumer culture in the 19th century. INDICE: - Introduction - PART I: 1815-1848 - Consumption as Urban Pleasure: the Rise of Modern Consumer Culture - Paris, the Capital of Amusement, Fashion and Modernity - Fashion Discourses in Fashion Magazines and Delphine de Girardin's Lettres Parisiennes - Charlatanism or Modern Merchandising?: the Mentalités of Publicity and the Commercialization of Culture - Puff Marries Advertising: Mechanization and Absurd Consumerism in Jean-Jacques Grandville's Un Autre Monde - PART II: 1848-1914 - Introduction - Boulevard Culture, Consumption and Spectacle - Furnishing the Street: Urban Rationalization and Its Limits - Consumer Technologies and Celebrity Culture - The Modernity of Poster Art - LeCourrier Français, Géraudel's Coughdrops and Advertising as Art - Conclusion

• ISBN: 978-0-230-61583-0
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 13/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés