A discussion of the politics of consumption, the way in which people express political opinions through what they consume. We will also discuss the way in which this rebellion is then co-opted by producers and marketers. Treat the magazine not as an object of consumption itself but as a window onto a world of consumption. Write a paper in which the focus is on how people consume as much as it is on what they consume. Apart from the class and gender differences in patterns of consumption we focus on in the syllabus, there are also race and ethnic differences.
Poverty is, by definition, the inability to consume.
Western capitalist countries are definitely consumerist. However, the consumption of bought goods is not yet widespread in many parts of the world. Describe what happens when consumer goods are sold in under-developed countries. Sociologists have periodically conducted in-depth studies of American communities. Many have become famous for the picture they provide of everyday life in America.