Consumer culture
By: Celia Lury
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780813550671
Subjects: Social aspects; Culture; Consumer behavior; Economic aspects; Consumption (Economics)
Description: The second edition of this title explores the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. It is an up-to-date revision that establishes the importance of new object-based studies for consumer culture, and incorporates new chapters on branding and the rise of ethical consumption.  Drawing on a wide range of studies, and using contemporary illustrations from the media and popular culture, the author examines the emergence of consumer culture and the changing relations between the production and consumption of cultural goods. She argues that consumer culture has become increasingly stylized and now provides an important context for everyday creativity.  It also explores the way in which the position of individuals within social groups and their position in social groups structured by class, gender, race, and age affects the nature of their participation in consumer culture. The powerful role consumption plays in our lives is revealed and consumer culture is seen to provide new ways of creating social and political identities.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Consumer culture. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Material culture and consumer culture; title: Exchanging things: the economy and culture; title: Objects, subjects and signs; title: Capital, class and consumer culture; title: Circuits of culture: gender, race and reflexivity; title: Brands: markets, media and movement; title: Consuming ethics, or what goes around, comes around; title: Consumer culture, identity and politics: when are you (not) a consumer.