Consumption / Alan Aldridge.
Material type: TextSeries: Key concepts in the social sciencesPublisher: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, c2003Description: vi, 168 p. 123 cmISBN:- 0745625290
- 0745625304 (pbk.)
- 339.47 21
- HC79.C63 A436 2003
Contents:
Review: "The book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide ranging debates the nature and consequences of consumer society." "This book will be essential reading for students and researchers in sociology and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.
1. Consumption as a Key Concept -- 2. Production and Consumption -- 3. Consumer Society: Utopia or Dystopia? -- 4. Living in Consumer Society -- 5. McDonaldization and Disneyization -- 6. Consumer Activism.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 339.47 ALD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A418006B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Consumption as a Key Concept -- 2. Production and Consumption -- 3. Consumer Society: Utopia or Dystopia? -- 4. Living in Consumer Society -- 5. McDonaldization and Disneyization -- 6. Consumer Activism.
"The book provides a clear and concise introduction to the concept of consumption and to the wide ranging debates the nature and consequences of consumer society." "This book will be essential reading for students and researchers in sociology and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.
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