03088nam 2200649 a 450 991045036050332120200520144314.00-7619-7120-31-4462-2789-81-280-37059-997866103705971-4129-3329-3(CKB)1000000000033549(EBL)254783(OCoLC)191036601(SSID)ssj0000152245(PQKBManifestationID)11149211(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152245(PQKBWorkID)10339582(PQKB)10853579(MiAaPQ)EBC254783(OCoLC)1007861306(StDuBDS)EDZ0000064219(Au-PeEL)EBL254783(CaPaEBR)ebr10080849(CaONFJC)MIL37059(OCoLC)70774154(EXLCZ)99100000000003354920120327d2001 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExplorations in the sociology of consumption[electronic resource] fast food, credit cards and casinos /George RitzerLondon SAGEc20011 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4462-2080-X 0-7619-7119-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Writing to be Read; Chapter 2 - The Irrationality of Rationality; Chapter 3 - Some Thoughts on the Future of McDonaldization; Chapter 4 - The process of McDonaldization is not uniform: Nor are it's settings, consumer or the consumption of its goods and services; Chapter 5 - Expressing America: A critique of the global credit card society; Chapter 6 - Enchanting a disenchanted; Chapter 7 - Ensnared in the e-net: The future belongs to the immaterial means of consumptionChapter 8 - Globalization theory: Lessons from the exportation of McDonaldization and the new means of consumptionChapter 9 - The new means of consumption and the situationist perspective; Chapter 10 - Thorstein Veblen in the age of hyperconsumption; Chapter 11 - Obscene from any angle: Fast food, credit cards, casinos and consumers; References; IndexContaining ideas and insights, this text shows how new processes of consumption relate to globalization theory. It discusses the work of Thorstein and Veblen to unearth the fundamental problems of consumption in older sociological traditions.Consumer behaviorSocial aspectsConsumption (Economics)Social aspectsElectronic books.Consumer behaviorSocial aspects.Consumption (Economics)Social aspects.306.3Ritzer George128088StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910450360503321Explorations in the sociology of consumption2467007UNINA