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This text considers the effects of state socialism on seemingly mundane aspects of life. Taking as its premise the notion that material culture can help explain the experience of state socialism as lived by ordinary people, it provides a revealing window through which to examine…
"Commodification" refers most explicitly to the activities of turning things into commodities and of commercializing that which is not commercial in essence. The mass marketing of pets, the rise of the coffin industry, the conversion of preacher into salesmen and the globalizati…
Focuses on the social dimensions of food production, distribution and retailing, reinforcing the idea that British retailing can only maintain its position through political and social activities in state and market structures. The book then goes on to look at broader consumer i…
To sort out who's who and what's what in the world of Barbies and Ninja Turtles, Tinkertoys and teddy bears, is to begin to see what has become of childhood in America. It is this changing world, and what it unveils about Americans values, that Gary Cross explores in this book, …
Through wearing clothes, keeping furniture, responding to the telephone, noticing the signature on a painting, we interact with objects in our everyday lives. These are not merely functional relationships with things but are connected to the way we relate to other people and the…
Food occupies a seemingly mundane position in all our lives, yet the ways we think about shopping, cooking and eating are actually intensely reflexive. The daily pick and mix of our eating habits is one way we experience spatial scale. From the relationship of our food intake to…
"Sex in Consumer Culture: The Erotic Content of Media and Marketing", considers the use of sex to promote brands, magazines, video games, TV programming, music and movies. Offering both quantitative and qualitative perspectives from leading scholars in a variety of disciplines, …
