Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed American Culture

Sharon Zukin

ISBN 10: 0415945976 / ISBN 13: 9780415945974

Edité par Routledge, 2003

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Synopsis :

Why does shopping have such a powerful influence on our lives? As shoppers will attest, it provides a terrific balm for the soul, but shopping offers us an even greater bargain than that: as the public face of consumer society, it keeps the modern economy afloat.

Présentation de l'éditeur: This accessible, smart, and expansive book on shopping's impact on American life is in part historical, stretching back to the mid-19th century, yet also has a contemporary focus, with material on recent trends in shopping from the internet to Zagat's guides.

Drawing inspiration from both Pierre Bourdieu's work and Walter Benjamin's seminal essay on the shopping arcades of 19th-century Paris, Zukin explores the forces that have made shopping so central to our lives: the rise of consumer culture, the never-ending quest for better value, and shopping's ability to help us improve our social status and attain new social identities.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Point of Purchase: How Shopping Changed ...
Éditeur : Routledge
Date d'édition : 2003
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket