Media Representations of Retail Work in America

Brittany R. Clark

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
03 January 2023

History of the Americas; Popular culture; Social & cultural anthropology; Retail sector

The retail trade has undergone tremendous changes over the course of the 20th century in the United States, and media narratives have reflected these changes. Media Representations of Retail Work in America explores representations of retail workers in popular media. Offering close readings of various texts including films, television shows, advertisements, and internet memes, Brittany Clark traces the development of the trade as a career opportunity that required a distinct set of skills in the early twentieth century until today, when the job has been deskilled and retail workers struggle with low pay and lack of benefits.

By: Brittany R. Clark
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781666906387
ISBN 10: 1666906387
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 03 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Brittany R. Clark is lecturer at Clemson University.

Reviews for Media Representations of Retail Work in America

Media Representations of Retail Work in America provides a vital and sympathetic analysis of one of the largest classes of workers whose identity and image in popular culture has not yet received its due. Brittany R. Clark deftly applies the concept of “othering” to “class tourists”—writers who became workers but remain apart from their peers on the job—and also provides a sharp analysis of the corporate “deskilling” of these workers to enhance profits. Readers who have worked in retail will recognize the writer as an astute fellow traveler while the rest of us with her help will penetrate perhaps for the first time the thin working-class line between us and retail workers. -- Tom Zaniello, Northern Kentucky University and author of The Cinema of the Precariat: The Exploited, Underemployed, and Temp Workers of the World