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"In a now vast literature Celia Lury''s new edition stands out for its clarity and critical intelligence. In addition to offering a guide through the thicket of new and old approaches, this book provides readers with a map to explore how consumption shapes personal and group identities."
(Frank Trentmann
Birkbeck College, Director of the Cultures of Consumption Research Programme 200 20110110)
"Consumer Culture is a gem of a book. Celia Lury writes with insight, timeliness, and a thorough mastery of the subject. The general reader, the scholar, and the student will read Consumer Culture with the disturbing kind of satisfaction that comes from learning just how deeply consumerism has become a way of life."
(Charles Lemert
Wesleyan University 20100111)
"Consumer culture is everywhere but we rarely see it. In second revised edition, Celia Lury takes a number of vivid scenes from our daily lives and provides helpful cultural grounding for questioning our ordinary experiences as consumers. Well organized and well written, the book provides an articulated picture of an increasingly fundamental aspect of contemporary cultures, stressing the role that ethics, subjectivity and difference have in shaping what consumer culture is today. Offering theoretical definitions and practical examples, this is a user-friendly book which will attract many readers and help them through the predicament of consumer choice and its increasingly relevant symbolic centrality for subjectivity constitution."
(Roberta Sassatelli
University of Milan 20111201)
"A concise yet theoretically dense overview of the main issues that scholars and researchers of consumer culture will be focusing on for years to come. Essential."
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"An invaluable synthesis of the key debates in this developing field ... lucid and engaging ... this book is destined to be a classic."
Mica Nava, University of East London
"Its clarity of presentation and clear synthesis of much current work on the sociology and anthropology of consumption makes this accessible to the non-specialist researcher as well as to the intended student audience." Business History
"Consumer Culture is a lively and lucid introduction to and analysis of the numerous current approaches to the topic." Sociology
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