Shop ''Til You Drop - Consumer Behavior and American Culture

Informationen zum Autor By Arthur Asa Berger Klappentext Are Americans obsessed with shopping? Shop 'til You Drop is a lively look at our consumer culture and its role in our everyday lives and society. Arthur Asa Berger considers the sacred roots of consumer culture, the demographics of consumption, theories about competing cultures, and the semiotics of shopping. Accessibly written and entertaining, this book is ideal for courses in cultural studies, advertising, and American studies, as well as for anyone curious about our nation's drive to consume. Zusammenfassung Are Americans obsessed with shopping? 'Shop til You Drop' is a lively look at our consumer culture and its role in our everyday lives and society. Arthur Asa Berger considers the sacred roots of consumer culture! the demographics of consumption! theories about competing cultures! and the semiotics of shopping. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 1 What Are Consumer Cultures? Chapter 4 2 Data on Consumer Cultures Chapter 5 3 The Act of Consumption Chapter 6 4 Perspectives on Consumption Chapter 7 5 The Semiotics of Shopping Chapter 8 6 Malls and the American Consumer Culture Chapter 9 7 Tourism and Consumer Culture Chapter 10 8 Buyer's Remorse Chapter 11 References

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Asa Berger, Arthur Berger, Arthur Asa Berger
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2005
• EAN: 9780742536906
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-3690-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing; USA, Cultural Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States of America, USA, Consumerism