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Author:   Nicholas Abercrombie ,  Russell, Whiteley Keat ,  Nigel Whiteley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780415089180

ISBN 10:   0415089182
Pages:   294
Publication Date:   16 December 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part One Social change and consumption 1 Scepticism, authority and the market 2 Authority and consumer society 3 Consumers, identity and belonging: reflections on some theses of Zygmunt Bauman 4 The organized consumer and consumer information co-operatives 5 Advertising: moving beyond the stereotypes 6 The limits of consumption and the post-modern ‘religion’ of the New Age Part Two Consuming culture 7 High art and the high street: the ‘commerce-and-culture’ Debate 8 Planning a culture for the people? 9 The culture of consumption: design museums as educators or tastemakers? 10 Framing the audience for theatre Part Three Consuming public services 11 Citizens, charters and contracts 12 Consuming health and welfare 13 Consuming education 14 Retailing the police: corporate identity and the Met. 15 Conversationalization of public discourse and the authority of the consumer

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"""The distinctive perspective of this collection is in linking the emphasis on consumerism in contemporary public discourse with our theorizations of power, or more precisely authority, in late-modern Britain...One of the great pleasures of this book is that the authors are clearly working seriously at the extent to which we have to re-think established prejudices.."""

The distinctive perspective of this collection is in linking the emphasis on consumerism in contemporary public discourse with our theorizations of power, or more precisely authority, in late-modern Britain...One of the great pleasures of this book is that the authors are clearly working seriously at the extent to which we have to re-think established prejudices.. <br>

Author Information

Russell Keat is Reader in Philosophy, Nigel Whiteley is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Visual Arts and Nicholas Abercrombie is Professor of Sociology—all at the University of Lancaster.

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