The Unmanageable Consumer: Contemporary Consumption and Its Fragmentation

by Tim Lang and Yiannis Gabriel

Book Overview

Consumption and concepts of the consumer sit at the centre of numerous current debates - academic, political and environmental. This highly readable and stimulating book - a tour-de-force in the breadth of its coverage and analysis - shows how different traditions of thought have constructed different representations of the consumer. Each of these has its own coherence but rarely addresses alternative positions. A key concern of the authors is to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080397745X
• ISBN13: 9780803977457
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"