The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America

The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America

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Author/Contributor(s): Casey, Kathleen B
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date: 08/04/2025
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: NEW
The Things She Carried provides a thorough and surprising examination of the purse--an object that generations of Americans have used to achieve a host of social, cultural, and political objectives over the last two centuries. Kathleen Casey examines a variety of sources and finds purses at fraught historical moments, where they serve important symbolic, psychological, or economic functions for their users.