Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide--ranging debates about the nature and consequences of consumer society. Community and social class appear to be in irreversible decline.
Trade Review"Written with unusual clarity and confidence, this small book packs a big intellectual punch. No one interested in new work in the sociology of consumption should be without it."
Charles Lemert, Wesleyan University Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.
1. Consumption as a Key Concept.
2. Production and Consumption.
3. Consumer Society: Utopia or Dystopia?.
4. Living in Consumer Society.
5. McDonaldization and Disneyization.
6. Consumer Activism.
References.
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