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When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store
Elaine S. Abelson
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paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Within the special world of the department store, women found themselves challenged to resist the enticements of consumption. Many succumbed, buying both what they needed and what they desired, but also stealing what seemed so readily available. Pitted against these middle-class women were the management, detectives, and clerks of the department stores. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing this darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and plead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. ... Read more
This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Within the special world of the department store, women found themselves challenged to resist the enticements of consumption. Many succumbed, buying both what they needed and what they desired, but also stealing what seemed so readily available. Pitted against these middle-class women were the management, detectives, and clerks of the department stores. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing this darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and plead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195071429
SKU
V9780195071429
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Reviews for When Ladies Go A-Thieving: Middle-Class Shoplifters in the Victorian Department Store
"More than a history of social change and shoplifting. It is a study of consumer culture and technological change, class privilege and gender roles in transition, female criminality and social control....Interesting, well-written, and informative."
American Journal of Sociology "[An] intelligent and intriguing probe into the social history of American shoplifting....A fascinating story, replete with evidence of changing and intersecting class and ... Read more
American Journal of Sociology "[An] intelligent and intriguing probe into the social history of American shoplifting....A fascinating story, replete with evidence of changing and intersecting class and ... Read more