The Shopping Experience

by Colin Campbell and Pasi Falk

Book Overview

The last decade has witnessed a clear and steady rise of interest in consumer culture. Many commentators now argue that consumption rather than production is the axis of personal identity and meaningful social action - a standpoint that reverses the traditional view that consumption is an incidental, trivial feature in contemporary culture.

This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761950672
• ISBN13: 9780761950677
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"