Luxury and American Consumer Culture :: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis.

Using concepts from semiotics, psychoanalytic theory, sociology, and Marxism, this book analyzes the role of luxury in American consumer culture. It offers case studies that deal with how our love of luxury affects our choices of automobiles, homes, restaurants, cruises, department stores, and hotel...

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Main Author: Berger, Arthur Asa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, 2021.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Using concepts from semiotics, psychoanalytic theory, sociology, and Marxism, this book analyzes the role of luxury in American consumer culture. It offers case studies that deal with how our love of luxury affects our choices of automobiles, homes, restaurants, cruises, department stores, and hotels. It also adopts a global perspective and features analyses of luxury in China, Iran, Germany, Monaco, Russia, and Turkey by scholars from those countries.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (197 p.)
ISBN:1527571394
9781527571396

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