Consuming Fantasies : Labor, Leisure, And the London Shopgirl, 1880-1920

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1(18) Constructing the Shopgirl: The Politics of Everyday Life 19(35) Figuring the Female Body: Labor, Sex, and Desire in the Department Store 54(43) The Failures of the Romance: Boredom and the Production of Consuming Desires 97(29) Imagining Alternatives to the Romance: Absorption and Distraction as Modes of Reading 126(44) Distracted Pleasures: Gender, Leisure, and Consuming in Public 170(24) Conclusion 194(7) Notes 201(46) Bibliography 247(26) Index 273