Alison Anderson, Kevin Meethan, R Steven Miles, Steven Miles
Combines helpful survey of contemporary approaches to consumption with papers on key aspects of practice as starting points for students' own investigations.
Unusual range of examples - men's magazines, retro design, home computers
Contributors include major figures in consumption studies - eg. Warde, du Gay, Belk
Multi-disciplinary contributions from sociology, anthropology, media studies and business studies
|First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The consumer ethic is ubiquitous. Everything we do, see, hear and even feel appears to be connected in some way to our experience as consumers. The increasingly high profile of debates over consumption, consumer culture, consumer behaviour and consumer rights reflects a world undergoing rapid change. The Changing Consumer charts the nature of that change, as well as discussing why consumption has become so important and what role, if any, it plays in underpinning social, economic and political transformation. Featuring contributions from some of the leading theorists of consumption from across a range of disciplines, this collection includes chapters on: * men's consumption and men's magazines * the changing profile of women as consumers * the representation of consumption on popular TV shows * consuming retro chic * the symbolic and emotional role of alcohol consumption. Drawing on fascinating case-studies throughout, this book will be essential reading for students and academics interested in the study of consumption.
1. Introduction: the meaning of consumption; the meaning of change? Steven Miles, Kevin Meethan and Alison Anderson 2. Setting the Scene: changing conceptions of consumption Alan Warde 3. Consuming Women; winning women? Janice Winship 4. Consuming Men; producing Loaded Ben Crewe 5. Producing TV; consuming TV Steve Spittle 6. Consuming Advertising; consuming cultural history Liz McFall and Paul du Gay 7. Consuming Retro; consuming design Adrian Franklin 8. Consuming Symbolic Meaning; consuming alcohol 9. Consuming Technology; consuming home computers Elaine Lally 10. Consuming Youth; consuming lifestyles Steven Miles 11. Changing Consumer; changing disciplinarity Russell W. Belk
In a world undergoing rapid change, this essential collection discusses why consumption has become so important, and what role, if any, it plays in underpinning social, economic and political transformation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction: the meaning of consumption; the meaning of change? Steven Miles, Kevin Meethan and Alison Anderson 2. Setting the Scene: changing conceptions of consumption Alan Warde 3. Consuming Women; winning women? Janice Winship 4. Consuming Men; producing Loaded Ben Crewe 5. Producing TV; consuming TV Steve Spittle 6. Consuming Advertising; consuming cultural history Liz McFall and Paul du Gay 7. Consuming Retro; consuming design Adrian Franklin 8. Consuming Symbolic Meaning; consuming alcohol 9. Consuming Technology; consuming home computers Elaine Lally 10. Consuming Youth; consuming lifestyles Steven Miles 11. Changing Consumer; changing disciplinarity Russell W. Belk
Klappentext
In a world undergoing rapid change, this essential collection discusses why consumption has become so important, and what role, if any, it plays in underpinning social, economic and political transformation.
