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Culture and consumption II : markets, meaning, and brand management / Grant McCracken.

By: Publication details: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.Description: x, 226 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780253217615 (pbk.) :
  • 025321761X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC79.C6 M384 2005
Contents:
Living in the material world -- On Oprah -- The Drew Bledsoe paradox: the mysterious home economics of Homo econmicus -- Homeyness: a cultural account of one constellation of consumer goods and meanings -- Calling grease -- When cars could fly: Raymond Loewy, John Kenneth Galbraith, and 1954 Buick -- Marilyn Monroe, inventor of blondness -- Who is the celebrity endorser? cultural foundation of the endorsement process -- The strange power of Uncle Meyer's wallet -- Culture and culture at the Royal Ontario Museum -- Taking Madison avenue by storm -- Advertising : meaning versus information -- Sarah Zupko, meet Mrs. Woolworth -- Meaning-management : an anthropological approach to the creation of value.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HC 79 .C6 M384 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Copy Type:01 - Books Available 601498

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-220) and index.

Living in the material world -- On Oprah -- The Drew Bledsoe paradox: the mysterious home economics of Homo econmicus -- Homeyness: a cultural account of one constellation of consumer goods and meanings -- Calling grease -- When cars could fly: Raymond Loewy, John Kenneth Galbraith, and 1954 Buick -- Marilyn Monroe, inventor of blondness -- Who is the celebrity endorser? cultural foundation of the endorsement process -- The strange power of Uncle Meyer's wallet -- Culture and culture at the Royal Ontario Museum -- Taking Madison avenue by storm -- Advertising : meaning versus information -- Sarah Zupko, meet Mrs. Woolworth -- Meaning-management : an anthropological approach to the creation of value.

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