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Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities

This is a book about the origins and the imperative of the consumer society. It shows how consumer goods and consumer behavior are shaped by culture and probes the cultural systems of advertising, fashion, collecting, lifestyle, ownership, and self-definition.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 174
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780253206282
  • Genres
  • anthropology, sociology
  • Release date
  • 1990