Consumption and everyday life
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Consumption and everyday life
（The new sociology）
Routledge, 2006
- : pbk.
Available at 6 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-246) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Introducing all the key ideas and major theorists of consumption in a lively and engaging manner, this book draws on theories of everyday life and aspects of sociology, cultural geography and cultural studies, and presents a comprehensive exploration of the central themes in consumption and consumer culture. Readily accessible case studies describe familiar forms of consumption from areas of everyday life, grounding the debates and ideas discussed. Key topics covered include:
the semiotics of branding and advertising
the representation of 'nature' and the environment
the relations between consumer and producer
ethical consumption
the tensions between local spaces of consumption and globalized markets.
While each of the chapters crystallize the debate in a specific subject area, they also lie within a larger argument concerning the ethics, the poetics and the politics of consumption in everyday life, making this essential reading for undergraduates on cultural studies, sociology and cultural geography courses.
Table of Contents
Introduction: consumption as everyday act 1. You Are What You Buy: theories of the consumer 2. Consumption and Identity: manufacturing choice 3. McDisneyfications 4. Bodyshopping: The commodification of experience and sensation 5. Nature, Inc. 6. The Knowing Consumer? 7. Mallrats and Car Boots: the spaces of consumption 8. Logo or No Logo?: The poetics and politics of branding 9. Where Do We Want To Go Today? The postmodern consumer
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