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Books on: consumer culture

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The Anxieties of Affluence: Critiques of American Consumer Culture, 1939-1979

Book by Daniel Horowitz; University of Massachusetts Press, 2004

Subjects:

Acquisitiveness--Moral And Ethical Aspects, Affluent Consumers--United States--Psychology, Consumption (Economics)--Moral And Ethical Aspects--United States, Consumption (Economics)--United States--Psychological Aspects, Consumption (Economics)--United States--Public Opinion, Intellectuals--United States--Attitudes, Public Opinion--United States, Wealth--United States--Public Opinion

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...consumption as key to, 32 ; in culture of poverty, 140 ; vs. entitlement...conformity: and consumer culture, 11 ; Packard and, 119...185 86, 199 200 consumer culture: and abandonment of religious...59 60; as subsitutes, 215 consumer protection movements, 165 , 173 76 consumers: Carter and, 206 ; as heroes...
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Purchasing Power: Black Kids and American Consumer Culture

Book by Elizabeth Chin; University of Minnesota Press, 2001

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African American Children--Connecticut--New Haven, African American Consumers--Connecticut--New Haven, Consumption (Economics)--Connecticut--New Haven, Purchasing Power--Connecticut--New Haven

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...become the basis for American culture and society (1988). This...however, that American consumer culture can be considered to be uniform...diversity that typifies American cultures (immigrant, ethnic, racially...That is, while American culture is a consumer culture, it...
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American Dreams in Mississippi: Consumers, Poverty & Culture, 1830-1998

Book by Ted Ownby; University of North Carolina Press, 1999

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African American Consumers--Mississippi--History, Consumers--Mississippi--History, Consumption (Economics)--Mississippi--History, Mississippi--Economic Consumers, Rural Poor--Mississippi--History

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...intention of coming back. The logic of consumer culture ultimately includes a powerful contradiction...shared system of meanings links the consumer to fellow consumers, the desire for novelty ultimately drives the consumer to search for the best goods, the...
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Sold Separately: Children and Parents in Consumer Culture

Book by Ellen Seiter; Rutgers University Press, 1995

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Child Consumers--United States, Television Advertising And Children--United States

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...creative in their appropriation of consumer goods and media, and the meanings...from the stories and symbols of consumer culture. By emphasizing the creative processes...blanket condemnation of childrens consumer culture in order to understand...
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McDonaldization Revisited: Critical Essays on Consumer Culture

Book by Mark Alfino, John S. Caputo, Robin Wynyard; Praeger, 1998

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Consumer Behavior, Consumption (Economics), Fast Food Restaurants--Social Aspects, Social Structure

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...We begin this exploration of consumer culture with an essay by Martin Parker...with Ritzers description of modern consumer culture. He argues that popular...accepts his or her fate as postmodern consumer. Popular culture would be a site...

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Journal Articles on: consumer culture

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Karl Gerth. China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation

Journal article by Wei Zhao; China Review International, Vol. 11, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation (Book)--Book reviews

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...hand, consumer culture offers a new perspective...the nationalized consumer culture stimulated a long...students, and mass consumers. This analytical...a nationalistic consumer culture that was...participants (e.g., consumers, producers, the...demonstrates how consumer culture was shaped and...
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"Other People's Clothes": Homosociality, Consumer Culture, and Affective Reading in Edith Wharton's Summer

Journal article by Meredith Goldsmith; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 27, 2010

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Consumer culture--Criticism and interpretation, Summer (Kingsbury, Karen) (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Wharton, Edith--Criticism and interpretation, Wharton, Edith--Works

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...in working-womens culture of the time. As cultural...Nettletons other female consumers blurs the line between...inadequacy. While mass consumer culture serves as a medium...between women afforded by consumer culture even in the semi...
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Physique Pioneers: The Politics of 1960s Gay Consumer Culture

Journal article by David K. Johnson; Journal of Social History, Vol. 43, 2010

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Consumer culture--Forecasts and trends, Gay and lesbian culture--Economic aspects, Gay and lesbian culture--Forecasts and trends, Gay consumers--History, Market segmentation--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of a New American Culture (New York, 1993...Revolution: How: Consumer Politics Shaped American...Lizabeth Cohen, A Consumers Republic: The Politics...Kelley, Race Rebels: Culture, Politics and the...Glickman (ed.), Consumer Society in American...
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"To Buy, or Not to Buy": Hamlet and Consumer Culture

Journal article by Emma Smith; Shakespeare Studies, Vol. 39, 2011

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Consumer culture--History, Consumer culture--Portrayals, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Hamlet (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Jonson, Ben--Criticism and interpretation, Jonson, Ben--Works, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Shakespeare, William (English playwright)--Criticism and interpretation, Shakespeare, William (English playwright)--Works, Shopping--History, Shopping--Portrayals

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...or Not to Buy": Hamlet and Consumer Culture. by Emma Smith BEN JONSONS...fundamental axiom of contemporary consumer culture: that identify is defined through...344. (43.) Celia Lury, Consumer Culture (Cambridge: Polity, 1996...
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Sherman Cochran. Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia

Journal article by Dong Shen; China Review International, Vol. 14, 2007

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Books--Book reviews, Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...of Chinese consumer culture needs to be pushed back...image among Chinese consumers and Asian consumers in general. All of...corresponding marketing and consumer responses show a clear picture of consumer culture, which becomes the...

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Magazine Articles on: consumer culture

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Season's Squander: Christmas Is a Time When the UK's Consumer Culture Goes into Overdrive-And with the Excess Comes a Huge Impact on the Environment. but There Are a Variety of Ways to Ensure That You Have a More Ethical Festive Season

Magazine article by Victoria Lambert; Geographical, Vol. 81, December 2009

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Christmas--Environmental aspects, Consumer behavior--Environmental aspects, Consumer culture--Environmental aspects, Refuse and refuse disposal--Environmental aspects, Retail industry--Environmental aspects, Retail trade--Environmental aspects, Waste management--Environmental aspects

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...Christmas Is a Time When the UKs Consumer Culture Goes into Overdrive-And with...charity Christmas cards conducted by consumer organisation Which? found that...25 pounds sterling The average consumer uses 160 new plastic bags a year...
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The Compensation Culture - Good, Bad or Inevitable?

Magazine article by Dominic Clayden; Consumer Policy Review, Vol. 12, July 2002

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Consumer protection, Legal fees, Legislation, Litigation, Problems, United Kingdom

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The Compensation Culture - Good, Bad or Inevitable...business and is an undeniable consumer right, as long as the claim...regime benefits neither the consumer nor the insurer. This paper...and how much to offer. The consumer In this period of uncertainty...are effectively covered by consumers and businesses through increased...
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The Triumph of Triviality: John F Schumaker Asks If Consumer Society Is Too Shallow to Deal with the Deepening Crises Facing the Planet

Magazine article by John F. Schumaker; New Internationalist, April 2008

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Civilization--Social aspects, Consumer behavior--Analysis, Culture--Social aspects

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...Reality races by as a blur of consumer choices that never feel quite...essay, A Theory of Mass Culture, Dwight MacDonald foresaw our debased trivial culture that voids both the deep...Can a highly trivialized culture, marooned between fact and...that there are limits to a cultures ability to suppress our higher...When citizens changed into consumers, political life became an...
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Post-Consumer Prosperity: Finding New Opportunities amid the Economic Wreckage

Magazine article by Robert H. Frank; The American Prospect, Vol. 20, April 2009

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Consumer culture--Management, Consumer spending--Control, Consumer spending--Forecasts and trends, Sales tax--Usage, Waste (Economics)--Forecasts and trends

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...on others. The simplest way to induce consumers to take such external costs into account...higher each year than the year before. Consumers and producers can adapt to new taxes...spent more right away. In contrast, consumers who fear that they might lose their jobs...
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Evolving Information Service in a Web World: a Growth Experience at Consumers Union

Magazine article by Bob Huerster; Searcher, Vol. 14, October 2006

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Consumers Union of United States Inc, Corporate culture, Corporate profiles, Information professionals, Information retrieval, Market research firms, Quality control, Report writing, Strategic planning, United States, World Wide Web

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...challenges. I joined the library at Consumers Union (CU), nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports and Consumer- Reports...analysis of research sources used by consumers and consumer purchase behavior, I keep some questions...must think anew, and act anew." Consumers Union has evolved to better serve the new, connected consumer. As an SP IS research analyst...

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Newspaper Articles on: consumer culture

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Charles: Let's Make It Cool Not to Use Stuff; Prince Attacks the Consumer Society

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 10, 2011

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Consumer culture, Economic growth, Global warming

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Lets Make It Cool Not to Use Stuff; Prince Attacks the Consumer Society. Byline: David Derbyshire Environment Editor THE Prince of Wales launched an extraordinary attack on consumer capitalism last night, and said he wanted to make it cool...
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Charles: Let's Make It Cool Not to Use Stuff; Prince Attacks the Consumer Society Driven by Push for Economic Growth

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 10, 2011

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Consumer culture--Economic aspects, Economic growth--Economic aspects, Global warming--Economic aspects

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...Charles: Lets Make It Cool Not to Use Stuff; Prince Attacks the Consumer Society Driven by Push for Economic Growth. Byline: David...Editor THE Prince of Wales launched an extraordinary attack on consumer capitalism last night, and said he wanted to make it cool...
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The Tate Became Famous - or Should It Be Infamous? - for Once Displaying a Pile of Bricks and Calling It Art. Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture Arts Editors Philip Key and Joe Riley Look Back on Some of Their Favourite Exhibitions in Tate Liverpool's 20-Year History

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 29, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...It Art. Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture Arts Editors Philip Key and Joe Riley Look...British exhibition to look in-depth at consumer culture. Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture (December, 2002-March, 2003...
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The Tate Became Famous - or Should It Be Infamous? - for Once Displaying a Pile of Bricks and Calling It Art. Arts Editors Philip Key and Joe Riley Look Back on Some of Their Favourite Exhibitions in Tate Liverpool's 20-Year History Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), April 29, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...History Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture. Byline: Joe Riley Then Tate Liverpool...British exhibition to look in-depth at consumer culture. Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture (December, 2002-March, 2003...
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RECORD Money: A CLAIM CULTURE; Consumers Are Cashing in by Battling Back against Overcharging

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), March 8, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

RECORD Money: A CLAIM CULTURE; Consumers Are Cashing in by Battling...they are taking action. Consumers who feel theyve had a raw...bounced payments, which consumers association Which? says...7billion a year. Asurvey by the Consumer Action Group, which advises...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: consumer culture

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Horkheimer, Max

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...countries. Against an older, deterministic Marxism, he argued that culture and consciousness are partly independent of economics, and his ideas about liberation and consumer society continue to influence contemporary empirical sociologists...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...and Chinese music for aspects of Chinese culture that are not treated in this article...the Ordos desert region. The subsequent culture shows marked similarity to that of the...millennium b.c. a unique and fairly uniform culture has spread over almost all of China...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...telecommunications equipment, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods. Leading imports include ores...Barlow , too, envisioned a great popular culture evolving in America. From such optimists...everyday life was transformed as the "consumer revolution" brought the spreading use...
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Consumption

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...utilization of goods and services by consumers, not including the use of...the producer to the ultimate consumer is the foundation of modern...described the relationship between consumer income and consumption. Advertising...advertising and marketing can affect consumer choices, where a number of...Consumption and American Culture (1991...
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...production of capital and not consumer goods. A system of collective...stressed at the expense of consumer goods. One of the major results...in official attitudes toward culture: family life was emphasized...Somewhat larger amounts of consumer goods were manufactured. In...

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