The Consumer Society Reader by Schor, Juliet -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE - The Consumer Society Critique

I - “THE CULTURE INDUSTRY: ENLIGHTENMENT AS MASS DECEPTION” (1944)

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2 - “THE DEPENDENCE EFFECT” (1958)

II III IV ENDNOTES

3 - “THE SEXUAL SELL” (1963)

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4 - “. . . IMAGES WITHOUT BOTTOM . . .” (1988)

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PART TWO - The Social Organization of Symbols

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

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

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

8 - “OBJECT AS IMAGE: THE ITALIAN SCOOTER CYCLE” (1988)

THREE “MOMENTS” THE GENDER OF MACHINERY MEDIATION THE SCOOTER IN USE CONCLUSION ENDNOTES

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

10 - “THE ACT OF READING THE ROMANCE: ESCAPE AND INSTRUCTION” (1984)

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PART FOUR - Consumption and Social Inequality

II - “CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION” (1899) 12 - “THE AESTHETIC SENSE AS THE SENSE OF DISTINCTION” (1979; translation 1984)

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13 - “DOES CULTURAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE AMERICAN CONSUMPTION?” (1998)

DISTINGUISHING BOURDIEU METHODS MATERIALITY AND TASTE WORK AND TASTE DISCUSSION REFERENCES ENDNOTES

14 - “FALSE CONNECTIONS” (1999)

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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

16 - “Two CHEERS FOR MATERIALISM” (1999) 17 - “FEMINISM AND FASHION” (1985)

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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

19 - “THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET” (1867)

THE FETISHISM OF THE COMMODITY AND ITS SECRET ENDNOTES

20 - “EATING THE OTHER: DESIRE AND RESISTANCE” (1992) 21 - “THE COOLHUNT” (1997) 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

23 - “VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY AND THE NEW GLOBAL CHALLENGE” (1993)

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE SIMPLE LIFE COMMON EXPRESSIONS OF ECOLOGICAL WAYS OF LIVING MAINTAINING OURSELVES AND SURPASSING OURSELVES THE PUSH OF NECESSITY AND THE PULL OF OPPORTUNITY HISTORICAL ROOTS OF SIMPLICITY THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHANGE ENDNOTES

24 - “CULTURE JAMMING” (1999)

THE REVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE DEMARKETING LOOPS

25 - “A NEW KIND OF RAG TRADE?” (1997)

GARMENT MANUFACTURE AND PRODUCTION ENDNOTES

26 - “TOWARDS A NEW POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION” (1999)

THE NEW CONSUMERISM CONSUMER KNOWS BEST A POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION

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

28 - “ECOLOGY AND NEW WORK: EXCESS CONSUMPTION AND THE JOB SYSTEM” (2000)

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