Binding: Paperback
Description: The Sociology of Consumption: A Global Approach offers college students scholars and interested readers a state - of - the - art overview of consumption the desire for purchase use display exchange and disposal of goods and services. The book's global focus emphasis on social inequality and analysis of consumer citizenship offer a timely exciting and original approach to the topic. Looking beyond the U. S. and Europe Stillerman engages examples from his and others research in Chile and other Latin American countries Europe the Middle East Africa and East and South Asia to explore the interaction between global and local forces in consumption. The text explores the lived experience of being a consumer demonstrating how social inequalities based on class gender sexuality race and age shape consumer practices and identities. Finally the book uncovers the important role consumption has played in fueling local and international activism. This welcome new book will be ideal for classes on consumer culture across the social sciences humanities and marketing.
Title: The Sociology Of Consumption A Global Approach
Author(s): Stillerman Joel
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9780745661285
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 7/7/2015
Category: Sociology