Consuming Desires
Subtitle: Consumption, Culture, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Island Press; Shearwater Books
Published: May 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781559635356
Subjects: Consumer issues; Cultural studies; Sociology - General; Individualism; Consumption (Economics); Consumer Behavior - General; Social Science; Sociology; Social conditions; Popular Culture - General; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; United States; Business & Economics; 1980-; Consumer Behavior
First sentence: MODERN LIFE has played a monstrous joke on the innocent American traveler who heads off to remote places in search of the exotic.
Description: Consider this paradox: Ecologists estimate that it would take three planets Earth to provide an American standard of living to the entire world. Yet it is that standard of living to which the whole world aspires. In Consuming Desires, Roger Rosenblatt brings together a collection of writers to shed light on that disturbing paradox. The book presents a rich and varied dialogue on the underlying roots of consumer culture and its pervasive impact on ourselves and the world around us.