1st Edition

Cultures of Consumption

By Frank Mort Copyright 1996
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    Examines the construction of images of masculinity and the effect they have on identity, sexuality and sexual politics. Influences from black and white culture are explored as well as the ironies of class, colour and sexuality.

    Chapter 1 Introduction; PART I The Cultural Authority of Style; PART II Commercial Epistemologies: Advertising, Marketing and Retailing since the 1950s; PART III Topographies of Taste: Place, Space and Identity in 1980s London; Chapter 2 Conclusion;

    Biography

    David Morley, Frank Mort