The consumer society : myths and structures / Jean Baudrillard ; translated by Chris Turner.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Theory, culture & societyPublication details: London : SAGE, 2004Description: x, 208 pISBN: 9781848608931 (ebook)Uniform titles: Societe de consummation. English Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) | Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects | Culture | SocietyGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780761956921Summary: This book was one of the first to focus on the processes and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture, and many of Baudrillard's themes, in particular his concepts of simulation and the simulacrum, are featured. Now available in English for the first time, Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book still makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. Many of the themes which would make Baudrillard famous appear here for the first time. The book includes Baudrillard's most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure and anomie in affluent society. A chapter on the body demonstrates Baudrillard's extraordinary prescience for flagging vital subjects in contemporary culture long before others. This English translation begins with an introductory essay by George Ritzer.
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This translation originally published: 1998.
Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society, Nottingham Trent University.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book was one of the first to focus on the processes and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture, and many of Baudrillard's themes, in particular his concepts of simulation and the simulacrum, are featured. Now available in English for the first time, Jean Baudrillard's classic text was one of the first to focus on the process and meaning of consumption in contemporary culture. Originally published in 1970, the book still makes a vital contribution to current debates on consumption. Many of the themes which would make Baudrillard famous appear here for the first time. The book includes Baudrillard's most organized discussion of mass media culture, the meaning of leisure and anomie in affluent society. A chapter on the body demonstrates Baudrillard's extraordinary prescience for flagging vital subjects in contemporary culture long before others. This English translation begins with an introductory essay by George Ritzer.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780761956921
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Translated from the French.
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