Selling Beauty : Cosmetics, Commerce, and French Society, 1750-1830.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (239 pages)
- The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series ; v.127 .
- The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Practices of Beauty: The Creation of a Consumer Market -- 2 A Market for Beauty: The Production of Cosmetics -- 3 Advertising Beauty: The Culture of Publicity -- 4 Maligning Beauty: The Critics Take on Artifice -- 5 Domesticating Beauty: The Medical Supervision of Women's Toilette -- 6 Selling Natural Artifice: Entrepreneurs Redefine the Commerce of Cosmetics -- 7 Selling the Orient: From the Exotic Harem to Napoleon's Colonial Enterprise -- 8 Selling Masculinity: The Commercial Competition over Men's Hair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.
Rather than disappearing along with the Old Regime, the commerce of cosmetics, reimagined and redefined, flourished in the early 19th century, as political ideals and Enlightenment philosophies radically altered popular sentiment.