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

By: Kilbourne, Jean.
Publisher: New York : Touchstone, c1999Edition: 1st Touchstone ed.Description: 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0684866005 (pbk.); 9780684866000 (pbk.); 0684865998 (hbk.); 9780684865997 (hbk.).Uniform titles: Deadly persuasion. Subject(s): Women in advertising | Women consumersDDC classification: 658.834
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.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 27 , Side 1, TierNo 1, BayNo 7

 658.834 KIL 1999 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09030,02,GR 5000106721
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 27 , Side 1, TierNo 1, BayNo 7

 658.834 KIL (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09030,03,CL 5000036623

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.