Consumer Culture—Male Masculinity and Social Space in Late 20th-Century Britain

Author: (English) Frank Mort, original author; Yu Ningping, translator
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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features: Mort's academic analysis allows us to play back our recent history in slow motion, revealing the potentially epoch-making significance it may contain. A book that embodies the value of cultural studies. — Daniel Miller, Professor of Humanities at University College London
The title of this book is "Sylvia Luhr." She is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. "Consumer Culture" is an introductory textbook that explores the nature of consumer culture and its role in modern society. The author comprehensively describes a wealth of research on consumer culture, thereby tracing the emergence of consumer culture and the dynamic relationship between the production and consumption of cultural goods. She points out that in contemporary society, consumption has become increasingly stylized, providing an important environment for people's creative daily activities. The author examines the impact of an individual's position within social groups, categorized by social class, gender, race, and age, on their participation in consumer culture. She notes that this influence has led to changes in how individuals affiliate with these social groups, thereby demonstrating that consumer culture offers new ways to create social and political identities. The book vividly and thoroughly describes the interactive relationship between various social groups and the emergence and development of consumer culture in fluent, rigorous prose, accompanied by rich visual materials. Undoubtedly, this book is a relatively comprehensive and authoritative work on consumer culture. As consumer culture becomes an increasingly important topic in media and cultural studies, as well as cultural sociology.