Le Bon Marché

A woman’s heaven on Earth became the department store in 1838 in Paris. The department store became a haven where women of the wealthy middle class and the Bourgeois could spend their free time there and feel safe, much like they did at church. It also became an expansion of a woman’s sphere in both her work life and in public. But since the department store was first erected, it begs the burning question: why would the women of Paris feel safe in the department stores? Why would the lower middle-class

The Bon Marché Michael Miller’s book, The Bon Marché: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920, is an expansive and interesting look back on a era of Parisian history that is best represented by its then-current trend and social innovation, the department store. The book gives a fascinating account of the store from its beginning to eventual common place status in 1914. The book gives an insight on the factors in which the store saw success, such as the management, the labor, and new

Power and Manipulation in The Ladies Paradise As the world has grown throughout the centuries, females have generally been under the domination of males. This remained culturally entrenched until the late nineteenth century, when women began to appear in public more often and also began to join alongside men in the work force. In the network of employees and employers in the emerging institution of the Parisian department store, men and women depended on each other for survival in the workplace

How Desire is constructed within the spaces of consumption and the developments of modern consumerism. Desire has helped build and form what we know today as the modern department store. The idea of wanting something you don’t already have has continually been a driving factor of modern consumerism. Many aspects have influenced consumerism and desire; visual displays within the large windows of department stores have constructed the way in which we desire and consume goods. A window display works

If you find any other people, except you, doing wrong things, how would you deal with this situation? Would you speak out with your own opinions in front of the people, and insist on your own ideas? Or, would you give up your personal principle and join them? On the surface, Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery” shows readers a tragedy that was caused by tradition and superstition. However, the primary cause of the tragedy is that people were afraid of confronting the social contract which was formed

Introducing: Moi (Me)! “My candle burns at both ends It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends It gives a lovely light.” My life is a journey of discovery, traveled in repeating cycles of dreams and mindfulness, joy and sadness, hope and despair—it has been a series of stories, some bright and some dark, yet all filled with interesting people, places, things, and ideas. Sometimes I walk with others, sometimes alone. At times, I’ve become lost along the way—so lost I’d

Service Article(revised) T'S MARDI GRAS!!!!! Yes, New Orleans' famous Carnival season is this years' never-ending party and you're invited. Mardi Gras, famous for its colorful and cultural parades, is an experience you can't go any longer w/out! The Streets are packed with both tourists and Native Louisianans as they celebrate Mardi Gras in full color and sound. . The Huge Parades come flashing down the street we fresh music, an explosion of lights, and spectacular floats. Everyone is having a

superb French-educated pastry chefs extraordinaire, that is if we survive her wrath." The young woman who had dashed out screaming about being beaten, which was not true, and inept at baking, which possibly was, would not be seen again at least at Le Petite Patisseries. To the right of March 's office sat the shop of an antiquarian, a seller of

triste mauvaise tard moins huit heures midi heureuse tôt belle plus Fatima Alima (Total for Question 3 = 5 marks) *P40360RA0512* 5 Turn over SECTION A Part Two 4 Le shopping Écrivez environ 50 mots en français sur une visite aux magasins. Write about 50 words in French about a visit to the shops. . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

est obligatoire dans notre école - uniform is compulsory in our school Les filles doivent mettre une jupe grise, une veste noire, une cravate bleue rayée de rouge, une chemise blanche et des chaussures noires - the girls have to wear a grey skirt, a black blazer a blue and red striped tie, a white shirt and black shoes Les garçons doivent mettre un pantalon gris ou noir, une veste noire, une cravate bleue rayée de rouge et les chaussures noires - the boys have to wear grey or black trousers, a black