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Books on: consumer culture

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McDonaldization Revisited: Critical Essays on Consumer Culture

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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Entire Library

An international, multidisciplinary group of scholars examines the thesis of George Ritzer's popular book The MacDonaldization of Society. The essays analyze the premise of "McDonaldization," provide richer theoretical discussions of the relationship between Ritzer's analysis and semiotics, critical ...
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An international, multidisciplinary group of scholars examines the thesis of George Ritzer's popular book The MacDonaldization of Society. The essays analyze the premise of "McDonaldization," provide richer theoretical discussions of the relationship between Ritzer's analysis and semiotics, critical theory, feminism, and postmodernism, and extend the thesis to other areas of consumer culture.
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New Woman Hybridities: Femininity, Feminism and International Consumer Culture, 1880-1930

Book by Ann Heilmann, Margaret Beetham; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Consumer Behavior, Femininity, Feminist Theory, Women--Identity

Collections: History, Entire Library

New Woman Hybridities explores the diversity of meanings ascribed to the turn-of-the-century New Woman in the context of cultural debates conducted within and across a wide range of national frameworks. Individual chapters by international scholars scrutinize the flow of ideas, images and textual ...
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New Woman Hybridities explores the diversity of meanings ascribed to the turn-of-the-century New Woman in the context of cultural debates conducted within and across a wide range of national frameworks. Individual chapters by international scholars scrutinize the flow of ideas, images and textual parameters of New Woman discourses in the UK, North America, Europe, and Japan, elucidating the national and ethnic hybridity of the 'modern woman' by locating this figure within both international consumer culture and feminist writing.
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Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women

Book by Margaret Finnegan; Columbia University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Advertising--Social Aspects--United States--History, Political Culture--United States--History, Popular Culture--United States--History, Women's Rights--United States--History, Women--Suffrage--United States--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Henkin SELLING SUFFRAGE CONSUMER CULTURE VOTES FOR WOMEN MARGARET...1965- Selling suffrage : consumer culture and votes for women / Margaret...Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Consumer Culture and Woman Suffrage Ideology...
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Creating the Modern Man: American Magazines and Consumer Culture, 1900-1950

Book by Tom Pendergast; University of Missouri Press, 2000

Subjects:

Body Image In Men--United States, Consumption (Economics)--United States, Masculinity--United States--History--20th Century, Men In Mass Media--United States, Men In Popular Culture--United States

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...emphasize the extent to which consumer culture was foisted upon an American...assessment of the impact of consumer culture on masculinity by suggesting...suited them to a corporate consumer culture and left them with little input...
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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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A wide--ranging exploration of conflicting American attitudes toward affluence.

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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

Subjects:

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

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Karl Gerth. China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation...Karl Gerth. China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation...dynamic relationship between consumer culture and nationalism in modern China...
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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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Entire Library

...Cochran. Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia...Cochran. Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia...many authors have looked at consumer culture, Cochran deviates from the norm...
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"The Sublime of the Bazaar": A Moment in the Making of a Consumer Culture in Mid-Nineteenth Century England

Journal article by Peter J. Gurney; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2006

Subjects:

Consumer culture--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...A Moment in the Making of a Consumer Culture in Mid-Nineteenth Century England...and disputed formation as a consumer culture. (9) In England the roots of...that marked the development of consumer culture in subsequent decades were explicitly...
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Reading Germany: Literature and Consumer Culture in Germany before 1933

Journal article by S. Jonathan Wiesen; Journal of Social History, Vol. 41, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Reading Germany: Literature and Consumer Culture in Germany Before 1933 (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...Reading Germany: Literature and Consumer Culture in Germany before 1933...Reading Germany: Literature and Consumer Culture in Germany before 1933. By Gideon...with studies about consumption, consumer culture, and mass culture, scholars...
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Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest

Journal article by Susan Matt; Journal of Social History, Vol. 36, 2002

Subjects:

Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest...Sowing the American Dream: How Consumer Culture Took Root in the Rural Midwest...overlooked moment in the history of consumer culture, a moment when some groups struggled...

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Magazine Articles on: consumer culture

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Kid Stuff: Raising Children in a Consumer Culture

Magazine article by Lillian Daniel; The Christian Century, Vol. 122, January 11, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood (Book)--Book reviews, It's Not the Media: The Truth About Pop Culture's Influence on Children (Book)--Book reviews, The Cute and the Cool: Wondrous Innocence and Modern American Children's Culture (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Raising Children in a Consumer Culture. by Lillian...made uglier in a culture of affluence? While...prompt us to be consumers as well as to be...attempt to recover a consumer innocence that...lost. Living in a culture in which ones level...
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Too Big? Too Cold? or Just Ungovernable? Russians Go to the Polls in a Few Days. Moscow's Super-Rich May Give the Brutal New Consumer Culture a Vote of Confidence, but Millions Have Little to Be Grateful For

Magazine article by Helen Womack; New Statesman, Vol. 132, December 1, 2003

Subjects:

Putin, Vladimir--Public opinion, Russia--Description and travel, Russia--Economic aspects

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...Too cold? Or just ungovernable? Russians go to the polls in a few days. Moscows super-rich may give the brutal new consumer culture a vote of confidence, but millions have little to be grateful for. by Helen Womack Life in Russia may...
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Childhood for Sale?

Magazine article by Kay Hymowitz; Public Interest, Winter 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture (Book)--Book reviews, Consuming Kids:The Hostile Takeover of Childhood (Book)--Book reviews

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...Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child and the New Consumer Culture dagger by Juliet Schor, an economist at Boston College...kids and teens are now the epicenter of American consumer culture." Sounds exaggerated? Consider that by 2002 children...
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The Living Earth Ethical Principles

Magazine article by Erik Assadourian; World Watch, Vol. 21, September 2008

Subjects:

Climate change--Economic aspects, Climate change--Social aspects, Climatic changes--Economic aspects, Climatic changes--Social aspects, Consumer advocacy--Environmental aspects, Consumer advocacy--Social aspects, Consumer culture--Environmental aspects, Consumerism--Environmental aspects, Consumerism--Social aspects, Environmental protection--Economic aspects, Environmental protection--Social aspects

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...Far from helping in the pursuit of these goods, the consumer culture often hinders their attainment as well as leading...of both the Earth and its people. Letting go of the consumer value system and shifting our focus to these more...
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Can We Talk? about Money? Affluent Christians

Magazine article by Lillian Daniel; The Christian Century, Vol. 120, February 8, 2003

Subjects:

Ministry and Money: A Guide for Clergy and their Friends (Book), The Consuming Passion: Christianity and the Consumer Culture (Book), The Good of Affluence: Seeking God in a Culture of Wealth (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Christianity and the Consumer Culture. Edited by Rodney...into New Testament culture reveal that the...reminds us that "consumerism ... is not a force...follow our path to consumer development...rate. Never has a culture experienced such...

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Newspaper Articles on: consumer culture

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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...It Art. Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture Arts Editors Philip Key and Joe Riley...British exhibition to look in-depth at consumer culture. Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture (December, 2002-March, 2003) involved...
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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, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, 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) involved...
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Culture: Nothing Is Really Revealed

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 13, 2006

Subjects:

Consumer electronics industry, Sony Corp.

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

Culture: Nothing Is Really Revealed. Byline: Damon Smith reviews the new DVD releases The Da Vinci Code (12), 145 mins, Sony Pictures...
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CULTURE: CLASSICAL; Baiba Skride "Souvenir Russe" CBSO/ Andris Nelsons (Sony) *****

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 2, 2008

Subjects:

Consumer electronics industry, Sony Corp.

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

CULTURE: CLASSICAL; Baiba Skride "Souvenir Russe" CBSO/ Andris Nelsons (Sony) *****. Byline: Christopher Morley By any standards this...
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES; Life & Culture

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), March 22, 2007

Subjects:

Consumer electronics industry, General Motors Corp., Sony Corp., Transportation equipment industry

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

THIS WEEKS DVD RELEASES; Life Culture. Byline: STEVE MORRISSEY Casino Royale (Sony, cert 12, rental/retail) The Bond people ditch Q for a rough, tough spy thriller...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: consumer culture

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New Braunfels

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...central Tex., on the Guadalupe River; inc. 1847. Portland cement, consumer goods, crushed limestone, furniture, and leather goods are...German immigrants, whose heritage continues to flavor the citys culture. Local attractions include historical and childrens museums...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...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. The...Yangtze) basins, the heart of Chinese culture, and then, under outside military pressure...
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Vilnius

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...building, computers, food processing, and the manufacture of consumer electrical goods. Vilnius was officially founded in 1323 when...merger of Lithuania and Poland, and its Lithuanian-Belarusian culture was replaced by Polish institutions. In the third partition...
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Horkheimer, Max

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...socialist 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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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...everyday life was transformed as the "consumer revolution" brought the spreading use...fulfilling the demands for long-unobtainable consumer goods. The shortening of the postwar...offices in bioterror attacks. Although consumer spending and the stock market rebounded...

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