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Buying in : the secret dialogue between what we buy and who we are / Rob Walker.

By: Publication details: New York : Random House, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 291 p. ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781400063918 :
  • 1400063914 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5415.1255 .W35 2008
Contents:
pt. 1. The desire code. -- The pretty good problem -- The straw man in the gray flannel suit -- Rationale thinking -- Ignoring the Joneses -- pt. 2. Murketing [sic]. -- Chuck Taylor was a salesman -- Rebellion, unsold -- Click -- Very real -- The murkiest common denominator -- The commercialization of chitchat -- The brand underground -- pt. 3. Invisible badges. -- Murketing ethics -- What's the matter with Wal-Mart shoppers? -- Beyond the thing itself.
Summary: A counterintuitive analysis of marketing and culture in modern-day life reveals how consumers embrace marketing efforts to use brands to express their cultural, political, and artistic identities.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index.

A counterintuitive analysis of marketing and culture in modern-day life reveals how consumers embrace marketing efforts to use brands to express their cultural, political, and artistic identities.

pt. 1. The desire code. -- The pretty good problem -- The straw man in the gray flannel suit -- Rationale thinking -- Ignoring the Joneses -- pt. 2. Murketing [sic]. -- Chuck Taylor was a salesman -- Rebellion, unsold -- Click -- Very real -- The murkiest common denominator -- The commercialization of chitchat -- The brand underground -- pt. 3. Invisible badges. -- Murketing ethics -- What's the matter with Wal-Mart shoppers? -- Beyond the thing itself.

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