Death in a Consumer Culture (Hardcover)

Death has never been more visible to consumers. From life insurance to burial plots to estate planning, we are constantly reminded of consumer choices to be made with our mortality in mind. Religious beliefs in the afterlife (or their absence) impact everyday consumption activities. Death in a Consumer Culture presents the broadest array of research on the topic of death and consumer behaviour across disciplinary boundaries. Organised into five sections covering: The Death Industry; Death Rituals; Death and Consumption; Death and the Body; and Alternate Endings, the book explores topics from celebrity death tourism, pet and online memorialization; family history research, to alternatives to traditional corpse disposal methods and patient-assisted suicide. Work from scholars in history, religious studies, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and cultural studies sits alongside research in marketing and consumer culture. From eastern and western perspectives, spanning social groups and demographic categories, all explore the ubiquity of death as a physical, emotional, cultural, social, and cosmological inevitability. Offering a richly unique anthology on this challenging topic, this book will be of interest to researchers working at the intersections of consumer culture, marketing and mortality.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Interpretive Marketing Research
Release date:	December 2015
First published:	2016
Editors:	Susan Dobscha
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-84819-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Consumer issues Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General
LSN:	1-138-84819-0
Barcode:	9781138848191

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