| Description |
vii, 288 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
General Introduction Part 1 History Introduction: 1.Consumption in early modern social thought, Joyce Appleby.-- 2. The consumer revolution of eighteenth-century England, Neil McKendrick.-- 3. Consumerism and the Industrial Revolution, Ben Fine & Ellen Leopold.-- 4. Traditional and modern hedonism, Colin Campbell.-- 5. Industrialism, consumerism, and power, Zygmunt Bauman.-- 6. The governance of consumption, Alan Hunt.-- 7. Societies of consumers and consumer societies, Martin Purvis.-- Part 2 Geography Introduction: 8. Night life, Wolfgang Schivelbusch.-- 9. What's modern about the modern world-system?, Peter Taylor.-- 10. The Empire's old clothes, Jean Comaroff.-- 11. Plurality of taste, Michael Wildt.-- 12. The world on a plate, Ian Cook & Philip Crang.-- 13. The 'consumption' of tourism, John Urry.-- 14. A new look at gentrification, Paul Redfern.-- 15. Urban lifestyles, Sharon Zukin.-- Part 3 Subjects and identity Introduction: 16. Consumer sovereignty, Simon Mohun.-- 17. The consumer's revolt, Mary Douglas.-- 18. Subculture and style, Dick Hebdige.-- 19. Subcultures or neo-tribes?, Andrew Bennett.-- 20. Consumption and class, Rosemary Crompton.-- 21. The body in consumer culture, Mike Featherstone.-- 22. Commerce and femininity, Rachel Bowlby.-- 23. The three-body problem and the end of the world, Hillel Schwartz.-- Part 4 Objects and Technology Introduction: 24. The genealogy of advertising, Pasi Falk.-- 25. Where are the missing masses?, Bruno Latour.-- 26. Rodchenko in Paris, Christina Kiaer.-- 27. Toys, Roland Barthes.-- 28. The Hoover in the garden, Roger Miller.-- 29. The two-way mirror, Elaine Abelson.-- 30. 'We know who you are and we know where you live', Jon Goss Part 5 Theory Introduction.-- 31. The gift and potlatch, Marcel Mauss.-- 32. Sacrifices and the wars of the Aztecs, Georges Bataille.-- 33. Pecuniary emulation, Thorstein Veblen.-- 34. The philosophy of fashion, Georg Simmel.-- 35. Classes and classifications, Pierre Bourdieu.-- 36. Consumption and production, Karl Marx.-- 37. The ideological genesis of needs, Jean Baudrillard.-- 38. The practice of everyday life, .--Michel de Certeau |
| Summary |
By drawing from the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, The Consumption Reader presents the history and geography of consumer societies, the social and political aspects of consumer culture and the discourses and practices of consumption. [from publisher's advertisement] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects.
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Consumer behavior.
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| Author |
Doel, Marcus A.
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Clarke, David B., 1964-
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Housiaux, Kate M. L., 1971-
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| LC no. |
2002152421 |
| ISBN |
0415213762 cased |
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0415213770 paperback |
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