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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808657503321

Titolo

Advertising as culture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Chris Wharton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, : Intellect, 2013

ISBN

1-84150-787-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WhartonChris

Disciplina

659.1042

Soggetti

Advertising

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

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgement; Introduction - advertising and culture; Chapter 1: Advertising - a way of life; Chapter 2: Advertising research; Chapter 3: Spreads like butter - culture and advertising; Chapter 4: Handbags and gladrags - the rise and rise of accessories in fashion and advertising; Chapter 5: Music and advertising - a happy marriage?; Chapter 6: The cultural economy of death - advertising and popular music; Chapter 7: Art and advertising - circa 1880 to the present; Chapter 8: On-line digi-ads

Chapter 9: Selling politics - the political economy of political advertisingChapter 10: Media and advertising - the interests of citizens and consumers; Contributor details; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This book is about advertising and culture. Advertising is a significant aspect of modernsocieties and plays an important part in economic activity. It is a highly visible component of everyday life and increasingly of contemporary culture. The book considers culture as a broad category of human endeavour and experience. It takes a multidisciplinary approach drawing on media and cultural studies and the study of history and of art history, sociology, politics and political economy for ideas and explanations that can be applied to advertising and culture. Indeed the book's contributors are draw