"This book compiles and integrates highly innovative work aimed at bridging the fields of anthropology and consumer behavior." —Journal of Consumer Affairs "

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Consumer Culture and Society offers an introduction to the study of consumerism and consumption from a sociological perspective. Author Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy

The central question in Work, Consumption and Culture is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the in