{"product_id":"the-consumer-society-reader-9780631207986","title":"The Consumer Society Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume is a collection of contemporary and classic literature on consumption and consumer society. From Karl Marx to Jean Baudrillard, it introduces students and researchers to the topics, themes, and preoccupations of 20th-century consumer culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Cleverly selected and lucidly introduced, this collection of readings offers a solid and engaged resource that should be indispensable for courses in this area across a wide range of disciplines. Martyn Lee's work will help students find their way through the overgrown jungle of consumption studies to its most important paths.\" \u003cb\u003eDon Slater\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoldsmiths College, University of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Comprehensive and authoritative, this collection constitutes a survival kit for teachers and researchers working in the field of consumer society.\" \u003cb\u003eChris Rojek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Nottingham Trent University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction. \u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Estranged Labour (Karl Marx).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret (Karl Marx).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.Beyond Use Value (Jean Baudrillard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Conspicuous Consumption (Thorstein Veblen).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Puzzle of Modern Consumerism (Colin Campbell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Uses of Goods (Mary Douglas and Baron Isherwood).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Introduction to Distinction (Pierre Bourdieu).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Lifestyle and Consumer Culture (Mike Featherstone).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Object Domains, Ideology and Interests (Daniel Miller).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Object as Image: the Italian Scooter Cycle (Dick Hebdige).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. \"Making Do\": Uses and Tactics (Michel de Certeau)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Character of the Consumer Society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Looking Backwards (Don Slater).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Assembling a New World of Facts (Stuart Ewen).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Was There Love on the Dole (Gary Cross).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. A Child's Cartography (Sharon Zukin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Dependence Effect (John Kenneth Galbraith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Vance Packard: \"Growthmanship\" (Vance Packard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Textiles: The Fabric of Life (Ernest Dichter).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. A New Language (Jean Baudrillard).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Aesthetic Abstraction of the Commodity: Surface-Package-Advertising Image (Wolfgang Fritz Haug).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Bonding of Media and Advertising (William Leiss, Stephen Kline, and Sut Jhally).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Characteristic Mode of Consumption of Fordism (Michel Aglietta).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. Theorizing the Transition (David Harvey).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. The Politics of Consumption (Frank Mort).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. The Commodities of Culture (John Fiske).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Dupes and Guerillas: The Dialectics of Cultural Consumption (John Clarke).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Sovereign Consumption (Jim McGuigan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. The Promotional Condition of Contemporary Culture (Andrew Wernick).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403417428311,"sku":"9780631207986","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631207986.jpg?v=1730483408","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-consumer-society-reader-9780631207986","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}