"This book compiles and integrates highly innovative work aimed at bridging the fields of anthropology and consumer behavior." —Journal of Consumer Affairs "

Consumer Culture and Society offers an introduction to the study of consumerism and consumption from a sociological perspective. Author Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy

Essays discuss the history of advertising, consumer culture, modern electioneering, the development of mass market magazines and the industrialization of space

Examines the construction of images of masculinity and the effect they have on identity, sexuality and sexual politics. Influences from black and white culture

The central question in Work, Consumption and Culture is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the in