Author	Wiedenhoft, Wendy A., author
Title	Consumer culture and society / Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
Imprint	Los Angeles : SAGE, 2017
Descript	xv, 254 pages ; 23 cm

"[This book] examines what we buy, how and where we consume, the meanings attached to the things we purchase, and the social forces that enable and constrain consumer behavior." Provided by publisher

Introduction: historical context and theoretical tensions -- Part 1. Conceptual framework: Objects of consumption: commodities and mass consumer society -- Subjects of consumption: passive dupes or active agents? -- The places and spaces of consumption --Part 2. Applying the conceptual framework: case studies : Food -- Tourism -- Higher education -- Part 3. Ethical concerns and consumer activism: Political consumerism and the consumer movement -- Creit and debt -- Alternative forms of consumption -- Conclusion: the globalization of mass consumer culture

1. Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
2. Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects -- United States
3. Consumers
4. Consumer behavior
5. Verbraucherverhalten

LOCATION	CALL#	STATUS
Communication Arts Library	306.309 W644C 2017	CHECK SHELVES