Description
Work, Consumption and Capitalism, 1st ed. 2016
Author: Pettinger Lynne
Language: EnglishKeywords
access; accessible; capital; capitalism; consumption; Cultural Studies; emotion; ethics; interdisciplinary; marketing; Microsoft Access; research; society; sociology; work
Publication date: 12-2015
Support: Print on demand
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Publication date: 12-2015
Support: Print on demand
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Work, Consumption and Capitalism looks at how consumption is produced by focusing on the multiple kinds of work that make consumption possible, from advertising creatives to fashion designers, from self-service checkouts to the hippest barista in the coolest coffee shop. The text encourages students to consider the place of consumerism in global capitalism to develop their own answers to the question: How is consumption made possible?
This wide-ranging study of the relations between work, consumption and capitalism draws on interdisciplinary research in cultural and economic sociology, history, marketing studies and cultural studies. With research tasks and discussion questions at the end of each chapter and case studies throughout, it stands as an accessible introduction for students of Sociology, Business and Management, Media and Communication, Cultural Policy and Cultural Studies.
Listen to a podcast about the book.
Lynne Pettinger is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. Her research explores how market cultures are generated, and how ethics, aesthetics and emotions are worked on in global consumer capitalism. She has developed these themes in projects on sales work, sex work and music work, and is currently studying green collar work, and HE's role in the production of 'employable' workers for the global culture industries.
Global focus: The global approach ensures a strong comparative element that is increasingly important in teaching and scholarly work