Goldman, Robert, 1949-

Sign wars : the cluttered landscape of advertising / Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson. - xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Critical perspectives. . - Critical perspectives (New York, N.Y.). .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index.

Introduction: Advertising in the Age of Accelerated Meaning -- Sign Wars -- Advertising in the Age of Hypersignification -- Yo! Hailing the Alienated Spectator -- The Flip Side of Jadedness: Memory and a Sense of Place -- Authenticity in the Age of the Poseur -- Green Marketing and the Commodity Self -- The Corporate Politics of Sign Values -- Conclusion: Sneakerization and Hyperculture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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Advertising.
Cynicism
Advertising--Social aspects

HF5821. / G583 1996

659.1042