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- ISBN 9781783209811
- Weight: 585g
- Dimensions: 170 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 10 Apr 2019
- Publisher: Intellect
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This edited collection explores the notion of agency by tracing the role and activities of consumers from the pre-Internet age into the possible future. Using an overview of the historical creation of consumer identity, Consumer Identities demonstrates that active consumption is not merely a product of the digital age; it has always been a means by which a person can develop identity. Grounded in the acknowledgement that identity is a constructed and contested space, the authors analyse emerging dynamics in contemporary consumerism, ongoing tensions of structure and agency in consumer identities and the ways in which identity construction could be influenced in the future. By exploring consumer identity through examples in popular culture, the authors have created a scholarly work that will appeal to industry professionals as well as academics.
Candice D. Roberts is an assistant professor and the director of the communication arts program at St. John’s University, New York. She holds a Ph.D. in communication, culture and media from Drexel University. Her work examines cultural narratives and identity in popular media, and she is particularly interested in archetypes, consumer behaviour and sociality around themes of class, sexuality and space/place.
Myles Ethan Lascity is an assistant professor of journalism and director of the fashion media program at Southern Methodist University. He was formerly an assistant professor of communication at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA. He holds a Ph.D. in communication, culture and media from Drexel University, and his research interests include popular culture and fashion communication.
