Pathfinders - Consumerism
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Books
Vanity, vitality, and virility : the science behind the products you love to buy by John Emsley (QD75.22 .E47 2004)
One Dimensional Man; studies in the ideology of advanced industrial society by Herbert Marcuse
I want that! : how we all became shoppers by Thomas Hine (HC79.C6 H56 2003)
American Values : Opposing Viewpoints by Mary Williams
Annotation: Research Topics Carrel, Library Use Only
The erotic history of advertising by Tom Reichert (HF5827.85 .R45 2003)
Born to Buy by Juliet Schor (HF5415.33.U6 S355 2005)
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Explorations in the sociology of consumption : fast food, credit cards and casinos by George Ritzer
Creating the Modern Man : American Magazines & Consumer Culture, 1900-1950 by Tom Pendergast
Political Virtue and Shopping : Individuals, Consumerism, and Collective Action by Michele Micheletti
Websites
Association for Consumer Research
Society for Consumer Psychology
Adbusters
Annotation: online magazine criticizing modern consumer culture
Audio-Visual Resources
Why We Do What We do: Media Interrupted (DVD)
Jimmy's Excellent Adventure in Waikiki (Video in Hawaiian Collection: HC107.H3 J5 1994, Library Use Only)
The Fifties (Video series in Main Collection: E18.85 .D38 1997)
Affluenza (Video in Main Collection: HN60 .A36 1997)
The Devil Wears Prada (DVD)