The Red Menace
How Lipstick Changed the Face of American History
$51.00
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
14 December 2021
Summary
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,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781633887107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1633887103 |
| Author: | Ilise S. Carter |
| Publisher: | Prometheus Books |
| Imprint: | Prometheus Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 14 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 481g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 163mm x 237mm |
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Critics Review
“Carter details a fresh, fabulous, and often frightening trip through the social, political, cultural, and sartorial impact of female rebellion all while staring down the barrel of a lipstick tube. It is the fascinating story of how America came to be one nation under gloss.”
- Tonya Hurley, New York Times and international-bestselling author
“Even though you may not have thought much about red lipstick, it has probably still imprinted your psyche. This book, packed with historical tidbits both delightful and disturbing, is as much a survey of the ways history is told as of the way lipstick’s meaning has developed in Western culture and commerce. It’s an entertaining and thoughtful journey through the landscape of modern advertising, beauty standards, and American history.”
- Jo Weldon, author of Fierce: The History of Leopard Print
“Wise, witty and erudite. I now know a lot more about the history of beauty culture than I ever knew I wanted to, and I’m better for it.”
-John Strausbaugh, author of City of Sedition and Victory City
Ilise S. Carter
ILISE S. CARTER is a freelance writer, consulting copywriter to the beauty industry, and sideshow performer based in New York City. She has written for Allure, New York Times, Racked, Wall Street Journal, and others, with a focus on pop culture. In addition, she’s spent over a decade as a consulting copywriter for beauty brands such as Shiseido, bliss, Laura Mercier, Avon, L’Oréal, and Madame CJ Walker, specializing in brand voice and identity. As her stage persona, The Lady Aye, she has worked as a professional sideshow performer (sword swallower, fire eater, blockhead, and pain-proof girl) and MC with acts ranging from Rob Zombie to Cirque du Soleil, and has appeared on TV’s Gossip Girl, Odditties, The President Show, Mysteries at the Museum and Dickinson. Carter holds a BA in American Studies from Barnard College at Columbia University and a Certificate in Film Production from NYU.
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