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- catalog abstract ""This text shows how consumption is increasingly important in dominating our individual lives and indeed the entire development and direction of contemporary society, nationally and internationally. Consumption is inherently contradictory in its nature and meaning. The most rapturous form of shopping, for example clothes purchasing on unlimited plastic in a shopping mall, may turn into the most tortuous as the shopper tires, the clothes don't fit, and the car park is cramped. Tim Edwards argues that the practice of consumption itself and consumer society more widely is often socially divisive and iniquitous, and examines the extent to which consumer power is real or illusory. He provides a thorough analysis and critique of the theories, practices and politics of consumer society. In particular, this book addresses the social divisions of consumption through topics such as fashion, advertising and marketing, as well as more classical and contemporary theories of consumer society. It will appeal to a wide range of students in sociology, cultural studies, social policy and the politics of identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13168204.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This text shows how consumption is increasingly important in dominating our individual lives and indeed the entire development and direction of contemporary society, nationally and internationally. Consumption is inherently contradictory in its nature and meaning. The most rapturous form of shopping, for example clothes purchasing on unlimited plastic in a shopping mall, may turn into the most tortuous as the shopper tires, the clothes don't fit, and the car park is cramped. Tim Edwards argues that the practice of consumption itself and consumer society more widely is often socially divisive and iniquitous, and examines the extent to which consumer power is real or illusory.".
- catalog description "He provides a thorough analysis and critique of the theories, practices and politics of consumer society. In particular, this book addresses the social divisions of consumption through topics such as fashion, advertising and marketing, as well as more classical and contemporary theories of consumer society. It will appeal to a wide range of students in sociology, cultural studies, social policy and the politics of identity."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: contradictions of consumption -- 1. Conceptions of consumption -- 2. From here to modernity -- contemporary theories of consumer society -- 3. Marketing, advertising and the construction of the contemporary consumer -- 4. Never-never land -- social policy, social divisions and consumer society -- 5. Rapture or torture -- the contemporary nature of shopping -- 6. Expression, oppression and the politics of consumption -- 7. Consuming passions -- fashion and consumer society -- 8. Consumer futures -- consumer society and postmodernity -- Conclusion: hunger and desire in consumer society.".
- catalog extent "204 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Contradictions of consumption.".
- catalog identifier "0335199178 (pbk.)".
- catalog identifier "0335199186 (hb)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Contradictions of consumption.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press,".
- catalog relation "Contradictions of consumption.".
- catalog subject "339.4/7 21".
- catalog subject "Consumer behavior.".
- catalog subject "Consumption (Economics)".
- catalog subject "HC79.C6 E38 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: contradictions of consumption -- 1. Conceptions of consumption -- 2. From here to modernity -- contemporary theories of consumer society -- 3. Marketing, advertising and the construction of the contemporary consumer -- 4. Never-never land -- social policy, social divisions and consumer society -- 5. Rapture or torture -- the contemporary nature of shopping -- 6. Expression, oppression and the politics of consumption -- 7. Consuming passions -- fashion and consumer society -- 8. Consumer futures -- consumer society and postmodernity -- Conclusion: hunger and desire in consumer society.".
- catalog title "Contradictions of consumption : concepts, practices, and politics in consumer society / Tim Edwards.".
- catalog type "text".