Consuming life
With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals become simultaneously the promoters of commodities and the commodities they promote. They are, at one and the same time, the merchandise and the markete...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; Malden, Mass. :
Polity Press
2007.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009755149006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: Or, the most closely guarded secret of the society of consumers; 1: Consumerism versus Consumption; 2: Society of Consumers; 3: Consumerist Culture; 4: Collateral Casualties of Consumerism; Notes; Index