Consuming Behaviour

By: Desmond, JohnMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2002Description: xviii, 430 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9780333949924; 0333949927 Subject(s): Consumer behaviorDDC classification: 658.8342
Contents:
List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Consuming Tales -- Ch. 2. Consuming Space and Time -- Ch. 3. Consuming Power -- Ch. 4. Consuming Needs and Values -- Ch. 5. Semiotics: Consuming Meaning -- Ch. 6. Consumption and Identity -- Ch. 7. The Consuming Body -- Ch. 8. Consuming 'Disorders' -- Ch. 9. Consuming Brands -- Ch. 10. Consuming Addiction --
Summary: This text seeks to overcome an imbalance in traditional consumer behavior texts by incorporating biological, sociological, and anthropological theories into the core of the work. The aim is to provide a book which addresses important issues such as time, space and consumption; consuming needs and values, semiotics, identity, the body, eating disorders and drug-taking. [from publisher's advertisement].
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Includes index

List of Tables and Figures --
Acknowledgements --
Introduction --
Ch. 1. Consuming Tales --
Ch. 2. Consuming Space and Time --
Ch. 3. Consuming Power --
Ch. 4. Consuming Needs and Values --
Ch. 5. Semiotics: Consuming Meaning --
Ch. 6. Consumption and Identity --
Ch. 7. The Consuming Body --
Ch. 8. Consuming 'Disorders' --
Ch. 9. Consuming Brands --
Ch. 10. Consuming Addiction --


This text seeks to overcome an imbalance in traditional consumer behavior texts by incorporating biological, sociological, and anthropological theories into the core of the work. The aim is to provide a book which addresses important issues such as time, space and consumption; consuming needs and values, semiotics, identity, the body, eating disorders and drug-taking. [from publisher's advertisement].

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