Consumer Culture
The second edition of Consumer Culture explores the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. Celia Lury's up-to-date revision of this successful classic establishes the importance of new object-based studies for consumer culture, and incorporates new chapters on branding and the rise of ethical consumption.\ Drawing on a wide range of studies, and using contemporary illustrations from the media and popular culture, Lury examines the emergence of consumer culture and the changing...
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In this lively textbook, Celia Lury examines the rise of consumer culture and the changing relations between the production and consumption of consumer goods.
Acknowledgements1Introduction: The Stuff of Material Culture12Material Culture and Consumer Culture103The Stylization of Consumption524Habitat and Habitus795Making Up and Making Do1186Changing Races, Changing Places1567Back to the Future and Forward to the Past1928Consumer Culture, Identity and Politics226Bibliography257Index266
\ Choice"A concise yet theoretically dense overview of the main issues that scholars and researchers of consumer culture will be focusing on for years to come. Essential."\ \ \ \ \ \ University of Milan"Consumer culture is everywhere but we rarely see it. In second revised edition, Celia Lury takes a number of vivid scenes from our daily lives and provides helpful cultural grounding for questioning our ordinary experiences as consumers. Well organized and well written, the book provides an articulated picture of an increasingly fundamental aspect of contemporary cultures, stressing the role that ethics, subjectivity and difference have in shaping what consumer culture is today. Offering theoretical definitions and practical examples, this is a user-friendly book which will attract many readers and help them through the predicament of consumer choice and its increasingly relevant symbolic centrality for subjectivity constitution."\ — Roberta Sassatelli\ \ \ \ Wesleyan University"Consumer Culture is a gem of a book. Celia Lury writes with insight, timeliness, and a thorough mastery of the subject. The general reader, the scholar, and the student will read Consumer Culture with the disturbing kind of satisfaction that comes from learning just how deeply consumerism has become a way of life."\ — Charles Lemert\ \ \
