Consumer culture :

Goodman, Douglas J.

Consumer culture : a reference handbook / Douglas J. Goodman and Mirelle Cohen. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004. - xv, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Contemporary world issues . - Contemporary world issues. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-235) and index.

From Consumption to Consumer Culture -- The Contradictions of Consumer Culture -- The Consumption of Anticonsumption -- Stigmatizing Inequality in Consumer Culture -- Anonymous Inequality in Global Consumer Culture -- People, Events, Trends, and Organizations -- Organizations, Associations, and Government and International Agencies -- Print and Nonprint Resources. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

1576079759 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1576079769 (ebook)

2003020916


Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.
Consumers.

HC79.C6 / G665 2004

306.3