Susannah Walker Livres

Exploring the evolution of beauty culture for African American women from the 1920s to the 1970s, the book delves into the intersection of race, class, and gender within consumer society. It highlights the political and social implications of beauty product marketing, emphasizing the struggles of black entrepreneurs against white-owned firms. Walker reveals how African American beauty standards were shaped internally and in response to external pressures, challenging the narrative that significant influence over beauty norms emerged solely during the civil rights movements.

After the constraints of the World War Two, the British embraced modern design like never before. From spindly-legged furniture to fabrics based on atomic design, quirkily patterned pottery to abstract graphics, they wanted everything around them to reflect the bright new post-war world.This book traces the development of modern design in the 1950s, from its first genteel beginnings at the Festival of Britain to the shops brimming with slick products at the end of the decade.Looking at both well-known classics and popular favourites, the work of famous designers and anonymous innovators it's a great introduction to the flamboyant and sometimes kitsch style of the decade when we learnt to love the modern for the first time.

Designed for adult beginners, this course focuses on essential language skills for various contexts such as travel, business, and exams. With a step-by-step approach, Angela Aries and Dominique Debney provide engaging illustrations and ample practice opportunities to reinforce learning. The first volume lays a solid foundation for effective communication, making it ideal for those looking to build confidence in their language abilities.

From Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases to Keep Calm and Carry On, the Home Front posters from the Second World War have become part of British culture. Some were design classics, others more prosaic, but together they give a fascinating insight into the trials and tribulations of living through World War Two. This was the first total war, with civilians as essential to the war effort as soldiers. So posters instructed people on everything from cooking and salvage to how to speak, and even think, about the war. This book tells the story behind these posters: how they were designed and produced, what they wanted to achieve, and what the British public really thought of them. Looking at famous images and forgotten gems, it is essential reading for anyone interested in both life on the Home Front and the design of the times.

New insights into early Christian archaeology and art. Previously unpublished material from the Vatican Library, covering Jewish, pagan and Christian history

A captivating blend of feminism, ancient roads and history that asks and answers the question: where are the women in nature Why is it radical for women to walk alone in the countryside, when men have been doing so for centuries? The Hard Way is a powerful and illuminating book about addressing this imbalance, reclaiming fearlessness and diving into the history of the landscape from a woman's point of view. Setting off to follow the oldest paths in England, The Ridgeway and The Harrow Way, Susannah Walker comes across artillery fire, concern from passing policemen and her own innate fear of lone figures in the distance: a landscape shaped by men, from prehistoric earthworks to today's army bases. But along the way, Susannah finds Edwardian feminists, rebellious widows, forgotten writers and artists, as well as all their anonymous sisters who stayed at home throughout history. They become her companions over 135 miles of walking, revealing how much, or how little, has changed for women now.

A book about the 12th Marquess of Queensbery and the work principles which have kept the partnership of David Queensbery and Martin Hunt in the forefront of product design since the inception of Queensbery Hunt in 1966.

Die meisten von uns kommen früher oder später in diese Situation: Die Eltern oder ein Verwandter sterben und alles, was zurückbleibt, muss geordnet, aufgehoben oder weggeworfen werden. So ergeht es auch Susannah Walker. Das Haus ihrer Mutter im englischen Worcester beherbergt ein Sammelsurium an Nippes, alten Fotos und Gebrauchsgegenständen, die jeweils eine Geschichte zu erzählen scheinen. Wie eine Alltagsarchäologin sortiert und befragt die Autorin das Material, um einer Frau näherzukommen, die zwar die eigene Mutter war, aber dennoch zeitlebens eine fremde Person blieb. Dabei kommt ihr der eigene Beruf zu Hilfe: Sie ist es als Kuratorin gewohnt, sich mit Dingen und deren Bedeutung zu beschäftigen, sie als Objekte zu betrachten und zu interpretieren. Mit großem psychologischem Geschick rekonstruiert sie längst verschüttete Erinnerungen und legt auf diese Weise die Geschichten ihrer Herkunft frei, in denen eine liebesunfähige Mutter, ein verstorbener Bruder und andere Familiengeheimnisse ans Licht kommen.