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Consumer culture and modernity / Don Slater.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Cambridge, MA : Blackwell Publishers, 1997.Description: 230 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0745603033 (hbk : acid-free paper)
  • 0745603041 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3/09 21
Contents:
Introduction. 1. Consumer Culture and Modernity. 2. The Freedoms of the Market. 3. Consumption versus 'Culture'. 4. The Culture of Commodities. 5. The Meanings of Things. 6. The Uses of Things. 7. New Times? Afterword. Bibliography. Index.
Summary: A comprehensive introduction to the issues, concepts and theories through which people have tried to understand consumer culture throughout the modern period. The book features reviews of major theorists set within a full account of the development of the subject.
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Main RTC Library Main opac Main TEST 306.3 SLA Available 30010930
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-224) and index.

Introduction. 1. Consumer Culture and Modernity. 2. The Freedoms of the Market. 3. Consumption versus 'Culture'. 4. The Culture of Commodities. 5. The Meanings of Things. 6. The Uses of Things. 7. New Times? Afterword. Bibliography. Index.

A comprehensive introduction to the issues, concepts and theories through which people have tried to understand consumer culture throughout the modern period. The book features reviews of major theorists set within a full account of the development of the subject.

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