Shopping and the Senses, 1800-1970 A Sensory History of Retail and Consumption

This book demonstrates the primacy of touch, smell, taste, sight and sound within the retail landscape. It shows that histories of the senses, body, and emotions were inextricably intertwined with processes and practices of retail and consumption. Shops are sensory feasts. From the rustle of silk to...

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Other Authors: Dyer, Serena (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction: Shopping and Sensing: Embodied Experiences of Retail and Consumption; Serena Dyer -- 2. 'To Rub the Nose in the Tea': Smell, Taste, and the Assessment of Quality in Early-Nineteenth Century Tea Retail; Mathew Mauger -- 3. An Assault on the Senses: Cultural Representations of the Victorian Village Shop; Lucy Bailey -- 4. Women, Shopping and the Politics of Sitting Down; Stephanie Rainesl -- 5. Comfort and Safety: Shopping Spaces in Nineteenth-Century Amsterdam and Brussels; Anneleen Arnout -- 6. The Customer Set Free: Shopping Under Iron and Glass at the Bon Marché; Amanda Sikarskie -- 7. The Cry of Silk: Fetishism and Erotomania in Au Bonheur des Dames; Wendy Ligon Smith -- 8. "Behind the Scenes of a Retail Shop": Sensory Experiences of Living‐In, 1880s-1920s; Alison Moulds -- 9. Synergy and Dissonance of the Senses: Negotiating Fashion through Second-Hand Dealing, Seconds Trading, Jumble Sales and Street Markets in 1930s London; Cheryl Roberts -- 10. 'A Seductive Weapon…a Necessary Luxury': Shopping for 'Designer Perfume' during the Interwar Period; Lucy Moyse Ferreira -- 11. Be My Baby: Developing Sensory Experiences for Teenagers in British Fashion Retail, 1945-1975; Bethan Bide 
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520 |a This book demonstrates the primacy of touch, smell, taste, sight and sound within the retail landscape. It shows that histories of the senses, body, and emotions were inextricably intertwined with processes and practices of retail and consumption. Shops are sensory feasts. From the rustle of silk to the tempting aroma of coffee, the multi-sensory appeal of goods has long been at the heart of how we shop. This book delves into and beyond this seductive idyl of consumer sensuality. Shopping was a sensory activity for consumers and retailers alike, but this experience was not always positive. This book is inhabited by tired feet and weary workers, as well as eager shoppers. It considers embodied sensory experiences and practices, and it represents both a celebration and interrogation of the integration of sensory histories into the study of retail and consumption. Crucially, this book places breathing, feeling human bodies back into the retail space