What is a consumer society? Does being a consumer make us less authentic or more materialistic? How and why do we shop? How should we understand the economy? Is our seemingly insatiable desire for goods destroying the planet? Can we reconcile curbs on consumption with goals such…
The field of material culture has been historically well established but has recently enjoyed something of a renaissance. Methods once dominated by Marxist-oriented analyses, in which objects are understood as commodities, and by the study of objects as symbols are starting to g…
From the Publisher: The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades, consumer…
From the Publisher: The history of consumerism is about much more than just shopping. Ever since the eighteenth century, citizen-consumers have protested against the abuses of the market by boycotting products and promoting fair instead of free trade. In recent decades, consumer…
This work explores the changing place of consumption as a source of investment in production and growth within economic writings from ancient history to the present. This project is carried out with great skill, vigour and originality and will help to bring consumption studies t…
This work follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji.
Provides a critical overview of the major sociological approaches to consumption in both modern and postmodern societies. Bocock develops a distinctive analysis of consumption as a socio-cultural process.
This book provides a critical overview of major sociological approaches to this subject, discussing it in the context of both modern and postmodern societies. The author offers a distinctive analysis of the ideology of consumerism and the role of consumption as a socio-cultural …
The current fossil fuel-based system of mobility is associated with a wide range of environmental and social problems. There is a growing body of literature on system innovations and transitions which has as a common understanding that long-term transformative change is necessar…
This fascinating book shows that neither managers nor consumers completely control branding processes - cultural codes constrain how brands work to produce meaning. Placing brands firmly within the context of culture, it investigates these complex foundations. Topics covered inc…
The geographies of retailing and consumption have become one of the key topics of the late 20th century, both in terms of research and in terms of undergraduate teaching. This text provides students with an overview of this subject.
The geographies of retailing and consumption have become one of the key topics of the late 20th century, both in terms of research and in terms of undergraduate teaching. This text provides students with an overview of this subject.
The exploding global consumption of meat is implicated in momentous but greatly underappreciated problems, and industrial livestock production is the driving force behind soaring demand. Following his previous ground-breaking book The Global Food Economy, Tony Weis explains clea…
This book takes an approach to the climate crisis, arguing that climate change is a challenge of rapid social evolution. In order to address this impending catastrophe and bring about more sustainable development, this book argues that we must focus on improving social ecologies…