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Consumption and everyday life / edited by Hugh Mackay.
Lippincott Library HB801 .C62837 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Culture, media, and identities
- Culture, media and identities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Advertising.
- Space in economics.
- Culture diffusion.
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage ; Milton Keynes [England] : In association with the Open University, 1997.
- Summary:
- Reviewing key contemporary issues and debates about consumption, this accessible textbook portrays and assesses the varied and complex intersections of consumption and everyday life.
- The rich and idiosyncratic nature of local consumption practices is illustrated through cases from different parts of the world. The contributors show the varying balance between constraint and creativity, links between consumption and production, and the patterns which shape access to symbolic and material resources.
- Notes:
- "D318 Book 5"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761954376
- 0761954384
- OCLC:
- 37544788
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