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The changing consumer : markets and meanings / edited by Steven Miles, Alison Anderson and Kevin Meethan. - London : Routledge, 2002. - 1 online resource (viii, 168 pages) - Studies in consumption and markets . - Studies in consumption and markets. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the meaning of consumption ; the meaning of change? / Steven Miles, Kevin Meethan and Alison Anderson -- Setting the scene : changing conceptions of consumption / Alan Warde -- Consuming women : winning women? / Janice Winship -- Consuming men : producing loaded / Ben Crewe -- Producing TV : consuming TV / Steve Spittle -- Consuming advertising : consuming cultural history / Liz McFall and Paul Du Gay -- Consuming design : consuming retro / Adrian Franklin -- Consuming alcohol : consuming symbolic meaning / Simone Pettigrew -- Consuming home technology : consuming home computers / Elaine Lally -- Consuming youth : consuming lifestyles / Steven Miles -- Changing consumer : changing disciplinarity / Russell W. Belk.

In a world undergoing rapid change, this essential collection discusses why consumption has become so important, and what role, if any, it plays in underpinning social, economic and political transformation.

ISBN: 0203994485 (electronic bk.) 9780203994481 (electronic bk.) (Paper)

Standard No.: XA942824

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Consumption (Economics)
Consumers.
Consommation (Économie politique)
Consommateurs.
consumers.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Marketing--Research.
Consumers.
Consumption (Economics)
Business & Economics.
Economic History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HC79.C6 / C493 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 658.8/3