The Consumer Society Reader
- ISBN-10
- 0631207988
- ISBN-13
- 9780631207986
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-04-07
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Author
- Martyn J. Lee
Description
The Consumer Society Reader is the most substantial collection of classic and contemporary readings on consumption and consumer society for students of cultural studies and sociology of culture. From Karl Marx to Jean Baudrillard, the volume introduces students and researchers to the topics, themes, and preoccupations of twentieth-century consumer culture.
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