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



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