Luxury and American Consumer Culture
| Author | : Arthur Asa Berger |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2021-06-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781527571396 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1527571394 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (394 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Luxury and American Consumer Culture by : Arthur Asa Berger
Download or read book Luxury and American Consumer Culture written by Arthur Asa Berger and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
