Theories of Consumption

Theories of Consumption explores the concept of consumption from the post-disciplinary perspective of cultural studies. _x005F_x000D_ John Storey brings together work that up until now has been located in distinct disciplinary spaces including work on reception theory in literary studies and philosophy; work on consumer culture in sociology, anthropology and history; and work on media audiences (both ethnographic and theoretical) in media studies and sociology._x005F_x000D_ Moving beyond the usual analysis of consumer culture, Storey presents a critical assessment of a range of theoretical approaches to the study of consumption. In doing so, he provides an authoritative overview to a significant selection of research and analysis that has explored consumption as an object of study. _x005F_x000D_ This book provides an ideal introduction to consumption for students of media and cultural studies and will also be useful for students within a number of other disciplines such as sociology, history, anthropology, cultural geography and both literary and visual studies.