Contradictions of consumption : concepts, practices, and politics in consumer society / Tim Edwards.
By: Edwards, Tim.
Publisher: Buckingham [England] : Open University Press, 2000Description: 204 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0335199178 (pbk.); 9780335199174 (pbk.).Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) | Consumer behaviorDDC classification: 339.47Item type | Current location | Shelf location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TU |
Floor 3, Shelf 7 , Side 1, TierNo 6, BayNo 7 |
339.47 EDW (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | SOMAC,37000,03,AD | 5000097738 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-201) and index.
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.