The red menace : how lipstick changed the face of American history / Ilise S. Carter.
Material type: TextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Prometheus Books, [2021]Description: v, 197 pages, unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781633887107
- 1633887103
- How lipstick changed the face of American history
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 391.63 C323 | Available | 33111010759179 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion. It's a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of our most iconic accessories of gender. This engaging and entertaining history of lipstick from the colonies to the present will give readers a new view of the little tube's big place in modern America from defining the middle class to building Fortune 500 businesses to being present at Stonewall and being engineered for space travel.
Lipstick has served as both a witness and a catalyst to history; it went to war with women, it gave women of color previously unheard-of business opportunities, and was part of the development of celebrity and mass media. In the Twentieth Century alone, lipstick evolved from a beauty secret for a select few to a required essential for well turned-out women but also a mark of rock 'n' roll rebellion and a political statement.
How has this mainstay of the makeup kit remained relevant for over a century? Beauty journalist Ilise S. Carter suggests that it's because the simple lipstick says a lot. From the provocative allure of a classic red lip to the powerful statement of drag, the American love affair with lipstick is linked to every aspect of our experience of gender, from venturing into the working world or running for the presidency. TheRed Menace will capture all of those dimensions, with a dishy dose of fabulosity that makes it a must-read for lipstick's fiercest disciples, its harshest critics, and everyone in between.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Red coats of another sort: the colonies to the Civil War -- The rouge badge of courage: the Civil War to the twentieth century -- Speak softly and carry a lip stick: 1900-1918 -- The glossed generation: the 1920s -- In the red: the 1930s -- Beauty is your duty: World War II -- The red menace: the 1950s -- The cosmetic counterculture: the 1960s -- Never mind the lipsticks: the 1970s -- Glossed in space: the 1980s -- Smells like teen lipstick: the 1990s -- The you tube: the new millennium -- Epilogue: Mask and you shall receive.
"In America, lipstick is the foundation of empires; it's a signature of identity; it's propaganda, self-expression, oppression, freedom, and rebellion. It's a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of our most iconic accessories of gender. This engaging and entertaining history of lipstick in America throughout the twentieth century and into the present will give readers a new view of the little tube's big place in modern America; marching with the Suffragettes, building Fortune 500 businesses, being present at Stonewall, and engineered for space travel"-- Provided by publisher.