Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women: Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe by Timothy Burke

Lifebuoy Men, Lux Women: Commodification, Consumption, and Cleanliness in Modern Zimbabwe

Timothy Burke

312 pages paperback 1996

3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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How do people come to need products they never even knew they wanted? How, for example, did indigenous Zimbabweans of the 1940s begin to believe that they required Lifebuoy soap? Offering a glimpse into the intimate workings of modern colonialism ...

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