Why I buy : self, taste, and consumer society in America /

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Why do we buy? How do our acts of -- and ideas about -- consumption impact our selves, our institutions, and our societies? An incisive response to these questions, Why I Buy explains how consumption came to give meaning and value to social and personal life. Balancing psychological, conceptual, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gabriel, Rami
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Intellect, 2013.
Temas:
Consumption (Economics) > United States > History.
Consumers > United States > History.
Consommateurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Commercial Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Consumer Behavior.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / General
Consumers
Consumption (Economics)
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : my self and consumer society
  • Dualism : what I really am
  • Individualism : the liberal dream of the rugged individualist
  • Expressivism : I sing myself
  • Consumer society
  • Advertisements : representations of the self
  • The rest of the world : an empirical test
  • Conclusion: What next?

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