The Consumer Society Reader - by Martyn J Lee (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>The Consumer Society Reader</i> is the most substantial collection of classic and contemporary readings on consumption and consumer society for students of cultural studies and sociology of culture. From Karl Marx to Jean Baudrillard, the volume introduces students and researchers to the topics, themes, and preoccupations of twentieth-century consumer culture.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><i>The Consumer Society Reader</i> is the most substantial collection to date on contemporary and classic literature on consumption and consumer society. It introduces students and researchers to the topics, themes, and preoccupations of twentieth-century consumer culture. <p>Part I introduces some of the important theoretical and conceptual material through which we have come to appreciate the dominant themes of our consumer society. Contributions from a range of thinkers - Pierre Bourdieu, Dick Hebdige, and Michel de Certeau, among others - give special attention to the nature of human needs, their satisfaction, and the broad implications of the provision of social and material goods by a capitalist means of production.</p> <p>Part II chronicles the evolution of the modern consumer society from its inception to the present day. Contemporary and popular writers, including John Kenneth Galbraith, Vance Packard, and Jean Baudrillard chart the dynamism of consumer society; its many changing social, cultural, economic, and political turns over time; and the spirited responses it has provoked from critics.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Cleverly selected and lucidly introduced, this collection of readings offers a solid and engaged resource that should be indispensable for courses in this area across a wide range of disciplines. Martyn Lee's work will help students find their way through the overgrown jungle of consumption studies to its most important paths. <b>Don Slater</b>, <i>Goldsmiths College, University of London</i><br /> <p>Comprehensive and authoritative, this collection constitutes a survival kit for teachers and researchers working in the field of consumer society. <b>Chris Rojek</b><i>, Nottingham Trent University</i><br /> </p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Martyn J. Lee</b> is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University and teaches communication, culture, and media. He has been actively engaged in research around a variety of aspects concerning consumer society and consumption for a number of years. His publications include<i> Consumer Culture Reborn</i> (1993) and<i> The Rise and Fall of Fordist Modernity</i> (forthcoming).
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