Consumer Culture and PostmodernismSAGE, 2007 M07 11 - 232 pages The first edition of this contemporary classic can claim to have put ′consumer culture′ on the map, certainly in relation to postmodernism. This expanded new edition includes:
The result is a book that shakes the boundaries of debate, from one of the foremost writers on culture and postmodernism of the present day. |
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... middleclass) knowledge of the ethical background ofgoods. Consumer movements notonlyseek to regulate thesafetyand advertising claims of goods,but alsoto circulate information aboutthe ethical practices of companies (companieswith good ...
... middleclass) knowledge of the ethical background ofgoods. Consumer movements notonlyseek to regulate thesafetyand advertising claims of goods,but alsoto circulate information aboutthe ethical practices of companies (companieswith good ...
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... middleclass audience. Few other recent academic termscan claim tohaveenjoyed such popularity. Yetitis not merely anacademic term, for ithas gained impetus fromartistic 'movements' andis also attracting widerpublic interest through ...
... middleclass audience. Few other recent academic termscan claim tohaveenjoyed such popularity. Yetitis not merely anacademic term, for ithas gained impetus fromartistic 'movements' andis also attracting widerpublic interest through ...
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... middleclass, the new working class and the new rich or upper class, thatthe consumerculture magazines, newspapers, books, television and radio programmes which stress selfimprovement, selfdevelopment, personal transformation, howto ...
... middleclass, the new working class and the new rich or upper class, thatthe consumerculture magazines, newspapers, books, television and radio programmes which stress selfimprovement, selfdevelopment, personal transformation, howto ...
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... middle class. Wehavealso to consider thatthe muchtalkedabout cultural ferment and disorder, often labelled postmodernism,may not be the result ofatotalabsence ofcontrols, a genuine disorder,but merelypoint to a moredeeply embedded ...
... middle class. Wehavealso to consider thatthe muchtalkedabout cultural ferment and disorder, often labelled postmodernism,may not be the result ofatotalabsence ofcontrols, a genuine disorder,but merelypoint to a moredeeply embedded ...
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... middle class,the cultural specialistsand intermediaries we have already referred to(whichalso includesthose fromthe counterculturewhohave survivedfrom the1960s and those whohave taken upelements oftheir cultural imagery in different ...
... middle class,the cultural specialistsand intermediaries we have already referred to(whichalso includesthose fromthe counterculturewhohave survivedfrom the1960s and those whohave taken upelements oftheir cultural imagery in different ...
Contents
Towardsa Sociology ofPostmodern Culture 4 Cultural Change and Social Practice | |
The Aestheticization of Everyday Life | |
Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 7 City Culturesand Postmodern Lifestyles 8 Consumer Culture and Global Disorder 9 Common Culture or Uncommo... | |
The Globalization of Diversity | |
Index | |
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