num_pages: 286
description: One of four volumes emerging from the April 1997 conference of the British Sociological Association, held in York. The 13 papers explore the variety of ways in which consumption is structured and organized through cultures, and how these cultural technologies construct the person, the sense, and the self. They include discussions of youth culture, cultures of the household. photography, pornography, music, information, technology, and waste and rubbish. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Consuming Cultures: Power and Resistance
titlecomplete: Consuming Cultures: Power and Resistance (Explorations in Sociology)
publisher: Palgrave Macmillan