About the Author
Martyn J. Lee is Senior Lecturer at Coventry University and teaches communication, culture, and media. He has been actively engaged in research around a variety of aspects concerning consumer society and consumption for a number of years. His publications include Consumer Culture Reborn (1993) and The Rise and Fall of Fordist Modernity (forthcoming).
Features
? Most substantial collection of classic and contemporary essays on consumer culture and consumption.
* Broad range of contributors: from Karl Marx, John Kenneth Galbraith, and Vance Packard to Dick Hebdige and the inimitable Jean Baudrillard.
* Accessible presentation of material makes it appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of popular culture, sociology of culture and cultural studies.
* Thorough reference on the subject for scholars in sociology and cultural studies.
