Table of Contents
Title Page Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE - The Consumer Society Critique
I - “THE CULTURE INDUSTRY: ENLIGHTENMENT AS MASS DECEPTION” (1944)
ENDNOTES Chapter 2 - “THE DEPENDENCE EFFECT” (1958)
II III IV ENDNOTES
Chapter 3 - “THE SEXUAL SELL” (1963) ENDNOTES
Chapter 4 - “. . . IMAGES WITHOUT BOTTOM . . .” (1988) ENDNOTES
PART TWO - The Social Organization of Symbols
Chapter 5 - THE IDEOLOGICAL GENESIS OF NEEDS” (1969)
1. CONSUMPTION AS A LOGIC OF SIGNIFICATIONS 2. CONSUMPTION AS A STRUCTURE OF EXCHANGE
AND DIFFERENTIATION 3. THE SYSTEM OF NEEDS AND OF CONSUMPTION AS
A SYSTEM OF PRODUCTIVE FORCES ENDNOTES
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Chapter 6 - “ADVERTISING IN THE AGE OF ACCELERATED MEANING” (1996)
SIGN WARS: CONSTRUCTING SIGN VALUES THE LOGIC OF APPROPRIATION VALUE ADDED FLOATING SIGNIFIERS AND THE IMAGE BANK SPIRALS OF REFERENTIALITY, SPEED, AND
REFLEXIVITY CULTURAL CRISIS AND CONTRADICTION ENDNOTES
Chapter 7 - “HUNGER AS IDEOLOGY” (1993) THE WOMAN WHO DOESN’T EAT MUCH PSYCHING OUT THE FEMALE CONSUMER FOOD, SEXUALITY, AND DESIRE AUTHOR’S NOTE ENDNOTES
PART THREE - Consumption and Lived Experience
Chapter 8 - “OBJECT AS IMAGE: THE ITALIAN SCOOTER CYCLE” (1988)
THREE “MOMENTS” THE GENDER OF MACHINERY MEDIATION THE SCOOTER IN USE CONCLUSION ENDNOTES
Chapter 9 - “TOUCHING GREATNESS: THE CENTRAL MIDWEST BARRY MANILOW FAN CLUB” (1991)
MODERN CELEBRITY TOUCHING GREATNESS CENTRAL MIDWEST BARRY MANILOW FAN CLUB THEMATIC FINDINGS DISCUSSION ENDNOTES REFERENCES
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Chapter 10 - “THE ACT OF READING THE ROMANCE: ESCAPE AND INSTRUCTION” (1984)
ENDNOTES PART FOUR - Consumption and Social Inequality
II - “CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION” (1899) Chapter 12 - “THE AESTHETIC SENSE AS THE SENSE OF DISTINCTION” (1979; ...
ENDNOTES Chapter 13 - “DOES CULTURAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE AMERICAN CONSUMPTION?” (1998)
DISTINGUISHING BOURDIEU METHODS MATERIALITY AND TASTE WORK AND TASTE DISCUSSION REFERENCES ENDNOTES
Chapter 14 - “FALSE CONNECTIONS” (1999) ENDNOTES
Chapter 15 - “Toy THEORY: BLACK BARBIE AND THE DEEP PLAY OF DIFFERENCE” (1996)
BASIC TRAINING TO MARKET, TO MARKET SHANI AND THE POLITICS OF PLASTIC FROM BELL JAR TO BELL CURVE ENDNOTES
PART FIVE - The Liberatory Dimensions of Consumer Society
Chapter 16 - “Two CHEERS FOR MATERIALISM” (1999) Chapter 17 - “FEMINISM AND FASHION” (1985)
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ENDNOTES Chapter 18 - “SHOPPING FOR PLEASURE: MALLS, POWER, AND RESISTANCE” (1989)
CONSUMING WOMEN COMMODITIES AND WOMEN CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION PROGRESS AND THE NEW
PART SIX - The Tendency of Capitalism to Commodify
Chapter 19 - “THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET” (1867)
THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET
ENDNOTES Chapter 20 - “EATING THE OTHER: DESIRE AND RESISTANCE” (1992) Chapter 21 - “THE COOLHUNT” (1997) Chapter 22 - “ADVERTISING AS CULTURAL CRITICISM: BILL BERNBACH VERSUS THE MASS ...
HOW TO DO IT DIFFERENT ALIENATED BY THE CONFORMITY AND HYPOCRISY
OF MASS SOCIETY? HAVE WE GOT A CAR ... FROM NAZI CAR TO LOVE BUG ENDNOTES
PART SEVEN - New Critiques of Consumer Society
Chapter 23 - “VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY AND THE NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGE” (1993)
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE SIMPLE LIFE COMMON EXPRESSIONS OF ECOLOGICAL WAYS OF
LIVING
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MAINTAINING OURSELVES AND SURPASSING OURSELVES
THE PUSH OF NECESSITY AND THE PULL OF OPPORTUNITY
HISTORICAL ROOTS OF SIMPLICITY THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGE ENDNOTES
Chapter 24 - “CULTURE JAMMING” (1999) THE REVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE DEMARKETING LOOPS
Chapter 25 - “A NEW KIND OF RAG TRADE?” (1997) GARMENT MANUFACTURE AND PRODUCTION ENDNOTES
Chapter 26 - “TOWARDS A NEW POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION” (1999)
THE NEW CONSUMERISM CONSUMER KNOWS BEST A POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION
Chapter 27 - “WHY CONSUMPTION MATTERS” (2000) I. CONSUMER SOCIETY II. POPULATION AND CONSUMPTION III. CHASING THE DREAM IV: SPENDING THE CAPITAL V. HIDDEN CONSUMPTION VI. RENEWABLES VII. ENERGY USE CONCLUSION: OUR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ENDNOTES
Chapter 28 - “ECOLOGY AND NEW WORK: EXCESS CONSUMPTION AND THE JOB SYSTEM” (2000) PERMISSIONS ABOUT THE EDITORS Copyright Page
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