Radical Consumption: Shopping for change in contemporary culture (Paperback)
Jo Littler,"Radical Consumption: Shopping for change in contemporary culture"
Open University Press | November 1, 2008 | 160 pages | ISBN: 0335221521 | PDF | 3.85mb
Ethical consumption, fair trade, consumer protests, brand backlashes, green goods, boycotts and downshifting: these are all now familiar consumer activities - and in some cases, are almost mainstream. They are part of the expanding field of 'radical consumption' in a world where we are encouraged to shop for change. But just how radical are these forms of consumption? This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to examining contemporary radical consumption, analyzing its possibilities and problems, moralities, methods of mediation and its connections to wider cultural formations of production and politics.