Edwards, Tim,  1963- <br/><br/>
Contradictions of consumption :  concepts, practices, and politics in consumer society / 
Tim Edwards. 
 - Buckingham [England] :  Open University Press,  2000. 
 - 204 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Conceptions of consumption - 2. From here to modernity - contemporary theories of consumer society - 3. Marketing, advertising and the construction of the contemporary consumer - 4. Never-never land - social policy, social divisions and consumer society - 5. Rapture or torture - the contelorary nature of shopping - 6. Expression, oppression and the politics of consumption - 7. Consuming passions - fashion and consumer society - 8. Consumer futures - consumer society and postmodernity - Conclusion: hunger and desire in consumer society. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0335199178 (pbk.) 9780335199174 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumption (Economics)<br/>Consumer behavior
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.47  / EDW