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Why I buy [[electronic resource] ] : self, taste, and consumer society in America / / Rami Gabriel



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Autore: Gabriel Rami Visualizza persona
Titolo: Why I buy [[electronic resource] ] : self, taste, and consumer society in America / / Rami Gabriel Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bristol, : Intellect, 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
Disciplina: 339.47
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Soggetto topico: Consumption (Economics) - United States - History
Consumers - United States - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: My Self and Consumer Society; Chapter 1: Dualism: What I Really Am; Chapter 2: Individualism: The Liberal Dream of the Rugged Individualist; Chapter 3: Expressivism: I Sing Myself; Chapter 4: Consumer Society; Chapter 5: Advertisements: Representations of the Self; Chapter 6: The Rest of the World: An Empirical Test; Conclusion: What Next?; Bibliography; Appendix; Index; Back Cover
Sommario/riassunto: This is a book about the relationship between the self and consumer society in America. There are many books and articles that explain consumerism in the twentieth century. through politics, economics, and sociology. Th is book is about both the psychological roots of consumer society in the self-why we buy-and the reciprocal influences between self and society. Why I buy explains how consumption came to imbue social and personal life and value. By exploring the relationship between oue individual needs and our institutions, Gabriel shows how many of the difficulties faced by our shared social
Titolo autorizzato: Why I buy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-84150-777-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786259203321
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