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Outdated Advertising: Sexist, Racist, Creepy, and Just Plain Tasteless Ads from a Pre-PC Era
Contributor(s): Lewis, Michael (Editor), Spignesi, Stephen (Editor), Budd, Ben B. (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1510723803     ISBN-13: 9781510723801
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Humor | Topic - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Antiques & Collectibles | Advertising
- Humor | Topic - History
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 8" W x 9.9" (1.60 lbs) 168 pages
 
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This outrageous collection of inappropriate ads will have you turning the pages and shaking your head in disbelief.
Outdated Advertising: Memories from a Less-than-PC Era takes a look at print advertising from the mid-1850s through the 1980s with an eye toward ads that were notorious for their sexist, racist, politically-incorrect, or other wildly inappropriate content--or for just plain bad taste. Among the dozens of full-color examples, readers will find:
  • a woman being spanked by her husband for not buying the right coffee
  • the story of a mother having to turn her child over to an orphanage because her late husband didn't keep up his life insurance payments
  • Aunt Jemima declaring "Happy days is here " because of her new pancake recipe
  • doctors promoting particular brands of cigarettes
  • the Michael Jackson Rainbow Brite portable record player with the copy line, "Gifts to keep children singing."

    • Advertising has changed over the decades--that is a major understatement. Despite the nostalgia of such shows as Mad Men, the outrageous images in Outdated Advertising show readers just how far we've come since then.

    Contributor Bio(s): Ben B. Judd, Jr.: - Ben B. Judd, Jr., Ph.D., is the former Chair of the University of New Haven Department of Marketing and International Business, and the Associate Dean of the University of New Haven School of Business. He has written extensively on advertising, and his work has appeared in places ranging from Journal of Advertising Research to Psychology magazine.