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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816190103321

Autore

McFall Elizabeth Rose

Titolo

Advertising : a cultural economy / / Liz McFall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2004

ISBN

1-280-36870-5

9786610368709

1-4129-3289-0

0-7619-4254-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 208 p.) : ill

Collana

Culture, representation and identity series

Disciplina

659.1042

Soggetti

Advertising - History

Advertising - Social aspects

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 Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the quaint device of advertising; 1 Colonising of the real; 2 The persuasive subject of advertising; 3 The hybridisation of culture and economy; 4 The uses of history; 5 Pervasive institutions and constituent practices; 6 Persuasive products; 7 Conclusion: devices and desires; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work reviews cultural and sociological approaches to advertising and, using historical evidence, demonstrates that a rethink of the analysis of advertising is long overdue.