Media Representations of Retail Work in America

Media Representations of Retail Work in America examines the ways in which retail workers have been portrayed in popular culture texts from the early 20th century to the 21st century.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Advertising the Empire: Selfridge Advertisements at the Turn of the Century
Chapter 2: Cinderella at the Palace of Consumption: Depictions of Retail on Film in the Early 20th Century
Chapter 3: The White Stuff: Passing Narratives and the Department Store in Lovecraft Country's "A Strange Case"
Chapter 4: The Oleson's Know Best: Little House on the Prairie's Reflection of Cultural Distrust in the 1970s
Chapter 5: The Manchild Behind the Counter: Depictions of Retail on Film in the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries
Chapter 6: I Was a Retail Salesperson: An Examination of Two Memoirs About Working in Retail
Chapter 7: Superstore: A Modern Working-Class Sitcom?
Chapter 8: I Hate My Job (But I Love Tweeting About It): Deconstructing Short-Form Narratives About Retail Work in Internet Spaces

About the author

By Brittany R. Clark

Summary

Media Representations of Retail Work in America examines the ways in which retail workers have been portrayed in popular culture texts from the early 20th century to the 21st century.

Product details

• Authors: Brittany R. Clark
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781666906387
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-638-7
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, History of the Americas, Retail sector, Retail and wholesale industries