03494nam 2200805 a 450 991097198160332120241226110041.0978661037059797807619712070761971203978144622789314462278989781280370595128037059997814129332921412933293(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(OCoLC)1193336595(FINmELB)ELB131181217543(FR-PaCSA)88869040(FRCYB88869040)88869040(EXLCZ)99100000000003354920010524d2001 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrExplorations in the sociology of consumption fast food, credit cards and casinos /George Ritzer1st ed.London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. SAGE2001London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :SAGE,2001.1 online resource (x, 257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781446220801 144622080X 9780761971191 076197119X 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 aspectsConsumer behaviorSocial aspects.Consumption (Economics)Social aspects.306.3Ritzer George128088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971981603321Explorations in the sociology of consumption4341510UNINA