Explorations in the sociology of consumption [[electronic resource] ] : fast food, credit cards and casinos / / George Ritzer

• Autore: Ritzer George
• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, c2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 257 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects; Consumer behavior - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-247) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 consumption ; Chapter 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Containing 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Explorations in the sociology of consumption
• ISBN: 0-7619-7120-3; 1-4462-2789-8; 1-280-37059-9; 9786610370597; 1-4129-3329-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783594603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II