The Consumer Society Reader
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- Synopsis
- This books features a range of key discussions about consumer society. Included are much-discussed work by leading ritics such as Jean Baudrillard, Susan Bordo, Dick hebdige, bell hooks, and Janice Radway. Also included are a full range of classics, such as Frankfurt School writers Adorno and Horkheimer on the Culture Industry; Thorstein Veblen's oft-cited writings on "conspicuous consumption"; Betty Friedan on the housewife's central role in consumer society; John K. Galbraith's influential analysis of the "affluent society"; and Pierre Bourdieu on the notion of "taste".
- Copyright:
- 2000
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 504 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781565845985
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 11/09/06
- Copyrighted By:
- Juliet B. Schor and Douglas B. Holt
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- 3
- Proofread By:
- Lea
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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