Consumerism

Airbnb, gaming, escape rooms, major sporting events: contemporary capitalism no longer demands we merely consume things, but that we buy experience...

From the candy bar to the cigarette, records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the last quarter of the nineteenth century preci...

The chapters in this volume are selected from the best papers presented at the 11th Annual Consumer Culture Theory Conference held in Lille, France...

Girlhood, Beauty Pageants, and Power: Trailer Park Royalty explores the phenomenon of child beauty pageants in rural communities throughout the Ame...

In twentieth-century Britain, consumerism increasingly defined and redefined individual and social identities. New types of consumers emerged: the ...

In twentieth-century Britain, consumerism increasingly defined and redefined individual and social identities. New types of consumers emerged: the ...

Theories of Consumption explores the concept of consumption from the post-disciplinary perspective of cultural studies.John Storey brings together ...

The APA Handbook of Consumer Psychology presents a comprehensive survey of the field, including its historical background and critical sources of i...

The case studies in this book, many of which have won national or international awards, represent an impressive scope of public relations practice—...

Consumption research is burgeoning across a wide range of disciplines. The Routledge Handbook on Consumption gathers experts from around the world ...

 This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese advertising as an industry, a discourse and profession in China’s search for modernity and ...

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...