Consumerism

What makes political freedom valuable to us? Two well-known arguments are that freedom contributes to our desire satisfaction and to our personal r...

'Beautifully written and brilliantly argued, Possessed is one of the few things you really need to own' Daniel GilbertHow ownership came to own us ...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human ...

Recent years have witnessed a surge in publications on Spanish cinema and cultural studies, but the subject of consumer culture in Spain has been n...

In Spaces for Consumption Steven Miles develops a penetrating critique of a key shift characterising the contemporary city. Theoretically informed,...

With entries detailing key concepts, persons, and approaches, The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies provides definit...

The Reading Augustine series presents short, engaging books offering personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo's contributions to western philoso...

This series epitomizes the 2017 Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) conference themes of hyper-reality and cultural hybridization. The partnership of the...

The Mindful Tourist presents the first comprehensive theoretical perspective on mindfulness in contemporary tourist experiences. This innovative ne...

The emergence of these media enables new modes of perception that create "special" sensations of wonder, astonishment, marvel, and the fantastic. S...

The very routines of our daily life are to a great extent the expression of our vulnerability and dependence on incredibly wide and complex network...

How do people communicate their romantic feelings? Gift giving is one way. Giving and receiving of gifts is a characteristic of intimate relationsh...

Ethical consumerism is on the rise. No longer bound to the counter-cultural fringes, ethical concerns and practices are reaching into the mainstrea...

Ever since the dawn of the Hollywood star system in the early 1920s, consumers have been fascinated by film stars and other celebrities and their s...

Product placement is now an integral part of what is considered the highest-quality fiction programming on television. Throughout the history of te...

The study of consumption and its relationship to cultural and social values has become a vibrant and important field in recent years. Hitherto howe...

What factors are contributing to the continuing growth in consumption of goods and services? At what point do the costs associated with consumerism...

To be American is to hoard, to collect. But what if that wasn’t a bad thing? Emily Mester’s American Bulk asks readers to see our national consumer...