New Forms of Consumption

Consumers, Culture, and Commodification

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book New Forms of Consumption by Jorge Arditi, Matthew D. Bramlett, Karen A. Cerulo, Daniel Thomas Cook, E Melanie DuPuis, Mark Gottdiener, Eugene Halton, Beverly Mullings, Minjoo Oh, Seth Ovadia, George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, Cotten Seiler, Noam Shoval, Mark Sloan, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Author: Jorge Arditi, Matthew D. Bramlett, Karen A. Cerulo, Daniel Thomas Cook, E Melanie DuPuis, Mark Gottdiener, Eugene Halton, Beverly Mullings, Minjoo Oh, Seth Ovadia, George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, Cotten Seiler, Noam Shoval, Mark Sloan ISBN: 9781461640356
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Publication: November 1, 2000
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Language: English
Author: Jorge Arditi, Matthew D. Bramlett, Karen A. Cerulo, Daniel Thomas Cook, E Melanie DuPuis, Mark Gottdiener, Eugene Halton, Beverly Mullings, Minjoo Oh, Seth Ovadia, George Ritzer, Chris Rojek, Cotten Seiler, Noam Shoval, Mark Sloan
ISBN: 9781461640356
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication: November 1, 2000
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English

Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the commodification of sex, and the increasing role of leisure in society all play new and interesting roles in daily life that combine consumerism with the most contemporary social forms.

This collection of essays examines the recent ways in which consumerism has been approached by cultural studies with special emphasis given to these and other newly emerging topics. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides a theoretical overview of consumption studies dealing with classical and more contemporary approaches in light of the debate between advocates and critics of postmodernism. In this section there are papers on McDonaldization, tourism and cultural studies, and the Theory of Shopping. The second part emphasizes empirical studies of the commodification process. Papers address the transformation of women's bodies and the mass commodification of milk, the creation of the toddler as a subject and the commodification of childhood, the commodification of sports, and the commodification of rock music. The third section of the book explores new forms of consumption on a more detailed and concentrated level. Papers in this section include the rise of sex tourism as a global industry, the commodification of the sacred, and the emergence of new consumer spaces in the city. An introduction by the editor delineates the advantages of his approach to new forms of consumption based squarely in the emerging issues of cultural studies, debates transcending postmodernism, and the society of the spectacle.

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Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the commodification of sex, and the increasing role of leisure in society all play new and interesting roles in daily life that combine consumerism with the most contemporary social forms.

This collection of essays examines the recent ways in which consumerism has been approached by cultural studies with special emphasis given to these and other newly emerging topics. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides a theoretical overview of consumption studies dealing with classical and more contemporary approaches in light of the debate between advocates and critics of postmodernism. In this section there are papers on McDonaldization, tourism and cultural studies, and the Theory of Shopping. The second part emphasizes empirical studies of the commodification process. Papers address the transformation of women's bodies and the mass commodification of milk, the creation of the toddler as a subject and the commodification of childhood, the commodification of sports, and the commodification of rock music. The third section of the book explores new forms of consumption on a more detailed and concentrated level. Papers in this section include the rise of sex tourism as a global industry, the commodification of the sacred, and the emergence of new consumer spaces in the city. An introduction by the editor delineates the advantages of his approach to new forms of consumption based squarely in the emerging issues of cultural studies, debates transcending postmodernism, and the society of the spectacle.

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