Diamonds: Cultural Representations and Transformations of a "Girl's Best Friend"

The great success of the advertising industry in the 1950s created a diamond culture where diamonds are continuously associated with images of love and devotion. With all of the diamond's positive associations, no one could have imagined that such a precious jewel could have negative connotatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whiteley, Bryn Elizabeth
Other Authors: Science and Technology in Society
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71382