Contents
List of Illustrations-
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Constructing the Shopgirl: The Politics of Everyday Life
Chapter 2 Figuring the Female Body: Labor, Sex, and Desire in the Department Store
Chapter 3 The Failures of the Romance: Boredom and the Production of
Consuming Desires
Chapter 4 Imagining Alternatives to the Romance: Absorption and
Distraction as Modes of Reading
Chapter 5 Distracted Pleasures: Gender, Leisure, and Consuming in Public
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index