Cronin, Anne M., 1967-

Advertising myths : the strange half-lives of images and commodities / Anne M. Cronin. - London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2004. - vi, 152 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - International library of sociology .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Images, commodities and compulsions : consumption controversies of the nineteenth century -- Advertising as site of contestation : criticisms, controversy and regulation -- Advertising agencies: commercial reproduction and the management of belief -- Animating images : advertisements, texts, commodities -- Advertising reconsidered.

0415281733 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415281741 (pbk.) 9780415281744 (pbk.)


Advertising--Social aspects.
Consumer behavior
Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.

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