New Forms of Consumption

by Mark Gottdiener (Editor), Jorge Arditi (Contributor), Matthew D. Bramlett (Contributor)

New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the commodification of sex, and the increasing role of leisure in society all play new and interesting roles in daily life that combine consumerism with the most contemporary social forms. This book examines the recent ways in which consumerism has been studied with special emphasis given to these and other newly emerging topics.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sociology

300 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2000

About the author

Mark Gottdiener is a professor of sociology at University at Buffalo, specializing in urban sociology. The first person in the Anglophone world to write an extended analysis of Henri Lefebvre, including comparing his work to traditional urban geography and sociology as well as the Marxist Manuel Castells.