The consumer society : myths and structures /: myths and structures. (1998)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Société de consommation.
• Further Information: Note: Jean Baudrillard.
• Other Names: Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007
• Contents: Introduction / George Ritzer -- -- Pt. I. The formal liturgy of the object -- 1. Profusion -- 2. The miraculous status of consumption -- 3. The vicious circle of growth -- -- Pt. II. The theory of consumption -- 4. The social logic of consumption -- 5. Towards a theory of consumption -- 6. Personalization, or, The smallest marginal difference -- -- Pt. III. Mass Media, sex and leisure -- 7. Mass-media culture -- 8. The finest consumer object : the body -- 9. The drama of leisure, or, The impossibility of wasting one's time -- 10. The mystique of solicitude -- 11. Anomie in the affluent society -- -- Conclusion : on contemporary alienation, or, the end of the pact with the devil
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 1998
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 306.3; Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects; Consumer behavior; Culture -- Economic aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446223352; 1446223353
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.