Class oppression, commodification, and consumerism in Dreiser’s Sister Carrie

Consumerism , Commodification , and Beauty : Shiseido and the Rise of Japanese Beauty Culture

This research focuses on the development of advertising in interwar period Japan (between World War I and World War II) and the growing prevalence of the Modem Girl. As women with a certain aesthetic were popularized through advertisement campaigns, this aesthetic was disseminated to a wider audience and incited cultural change. For the purposes of this research, the rosmetics company Shiseido ...

Facing Carrie Buck.

Consumerism and Consumers in Brazil

This text addresses the issue of consumerism and some of its impacts on consumer culture and behavior, the structure of local markets, and the relationship between corporations and customers, in the case of Brazil. It draws on some questions arisen from a comparative study on consumerism in Brazil, the USA and some Western European countries, carried out by the author previously (Taschner, 1995...

Mr Kennedy and consumerism.

The issues raised by Ian Kennedy in the course of his 1980 Reith Lectures on medical ethics are also of concern to Great Britain's Patients Association. Ackroyd, as Chairman of the Association, does not however share Kennedy's view that the consumerism model for regulating abuses is appropriate to medical care. She would prefer to have the Health Service Commissioner authorized to investigate...

Croatia and European Consumerism

In its European Agreements with Central and Eastern European countries (Croatia has yet to be included) the EU has spelt-out a commitment towards helping them integrate with the EU. The evolution of these economies from centrally planned to market economies is important to achieving this. A characteristic of the transitional processes of these countries is the emergence of a pan-European consum...