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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779265003321

Titolo

Utopian images and narratives in advertising [[electronic resource] ] : dreams for sale / / edited by Luigi Manca, Alessandra Manca, and Gail W. Pieper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

1-280-77895-4

9786613689344

0-7391-7327-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MancaLuigi (Luigi Daniele)

MancaAlessandra

PieperGail W

Disciplina

659.1/045553

Soggetti

Advertising - Psychological aspects

Advertising - Social aspects

Utopias

Advertising and women

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

UTOPIAN IMAGES AND NARRATIVES IN ADVERTISING; Contents; Introduction: Probing Madison Avenue's Utopian Images and Narratives; The Portrayal of Utopian Spaces in Magazine Advertisements; Water, the All-Purpose Utopia; Women and Children in a Fragile Paradise; Welcome (Back) to the Brotherhood: Nostalgia, Masculinity, and the Selling of the Mitchum Man; Absolute Utopia: Advertising the American Dream "In an Absolut World"; Utopia on the Common Ground: Norman Rockwell's Breaking Home Ties; Utopian Images and Gender in Web-Based Advertisements: A View from the Starting Line

Jungian Archetypes in Advertising ImagerySelling the Good Old Days: Images of Community Life in Contemporary American Advertising; Masculine and Feminine Images in Italian Magazine Advertising; Black Face-White Utopia: Reflections on African-Americans, Utopia, and Advertising; Utopian Scenarios in Hispanic Advertisements: People en Español; Advertising, Neoliberalism, and the Financial Collapse of 2008;



Living in Worlds We'd Like to Live In: Capitalist Utopias in an Age of Counterfactuality; The Four Women of the Apocalypse: Utopia or Dystopia?; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising: Dreams for Sale, edited by Luigi Manca, Alessandra Manca, and Gail W. Pieper, is a collection of essays which examine narratives created on the advertising page, with special focus on gender images. Through a cross-disciplinary investigation, this collection offers a varied analysis of advertising and mass media which are important for students and scholars alike.