The Consumption of Inequality - Weapons of Mass Distraction (Hardcover)

The fads, fashions, and media in popular consumer culture frequently make recreational and ideological "fun" of poverty and lower class living. It is a phenomenon that puts poor whites, poor blacks, women, gays, handicapped people, and other traditional minorities back in "their place" by prioritizing self-aggrandizing materialism and individual desires over the collective good and constitutes a form of cultural denial. In this book, Halnon delineates how incarceration, segregation, stigmatization, cultural and social consecration, and carnivalization work in the production and consumption of inequality.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	K. Halnon
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	229
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-35248-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Consumer issues
LSN:	1-137-35248-5
Barcode:	9781137352484

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