Consumer culture / Celia Lury.
By: Lury, Celia.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge : Polity Press, 1996 2007Description: vii, 273 p. : ill. ; 23 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0745614418 ; 074561440X .Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects | Consumer behavior | Culture -- Economic aspectsDDC classification: 306.3Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00131632 | ||
General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00083566 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book explores the way an individual's position in social groups structured by class, gender, race and age affects the nature of his or her participation in consumer culture.
Bibliography: (pages 257-265) and index.
Introduction: the stuff of material culture -- Material culture and consumer culture -- The stylization of consumption -- Habitat and habitus -- Making up and making do -- Changing races, changing places -- Back to the future and forward to the past -- Consumer culture, identity and politics.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Introduction: The Stuff of Material Culture
- 2 Material Culture and Consumer Culture
- 3 The Stylization of Consumption
- 4 Habitat and Habitus
- 5 Making Up and Making Do
- 6 Changing Races, Changing Places
- 7 Back to the Future and Forward to the Past
- 8 Consumer Culture, Identity and Politics
- Bibliography
- Index