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Can't buy my love : how advertising changes the way we think and feel / Jean Kilbourne.

By: Publication details: New York : Touchstone, c1999.Edition: 1st Touchstone edDescription: 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0684866005 (pbk.)
  • 9780684866000 (pbk.)
  • 0684865998 (hbk.)
  • 9780684865997 (hbk.)
Uniform titles:
  • Deadly persuasion.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.834 KIL
Contents:
Introduction : "A girl of many parts" : the making of an activist -- "Buy this 24-year-old and get all his friends absolutely free" : we are the product -- "In your face--all over the place!" : advertising is our environment -- "Bath tissue is like marriage" : the corruption of relationships -- "Can an engine pump the valves in your heart?" : crazy for cars -- "Please, please, you're driving me wild" : falling in love with food -- "The more you subtract, the more you add" : cutting girls down to size --"Forget the rules! enjoy the wine" : alcohol and rebellion -- "What you're looking for" : rage and rebellion in cigarette advertising -- "The dream begins as soon as you open the door" : advertising an addictive mind-set -- "In life there are many loves, but only one grande passion" : addiction as a relationship -- "You talkin' to me?" : advertising and disconnection -- "Two ways a woman can get hurt" : advertising and violence -- "Relax, and enjoy the revolution" : redefining rebellion.
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Previously published as: Deadly persuasion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-349) and index.

Introduction : "A girl of many parts" : the making of an activist -- "Buy this 24-year-old and get all his friends absolutely free" : we are the product -- "In your face--all over the place!" : advertising is our environment -- "Bath tissue is like marriage" : the corruption of relationships -- "Can an engine pump the valves in your heart?" : crazy for cars -- "Please, please, you're driving me wild" : falling in love with food -- "The more you subtract, the more you add" : cutting girls down to size --"Forget the rules! enjoy the wine" : alcohol and rebellion -- "What you're looking for" : rage and rebellion in cigarette advertising -- "The dream begins as soon as you open the door" : advertising an addictive mind-set -- "In life there are many loves, but only one grande passion" : addiction as a relationship -- "You talkin' to me?" : advertising and disconnection -- "Two ways a woman can get hurt" : advertising and violence -- "Relax, and enjoy the revolution" : redefining rebellion.