The emergence of contemporary consumerism -- The consumer as chooser -- The consumer as communicator -- The consumer as … explorer -- The consumer as identity-seeker -- The consumer as hedonist -- The consumer as victim -- The consumer as rebel … -- The consumer as activist -- The consumer as citizen -- The consumer as worker -- The unmanageable consumer …

introduction / David F. Crew -- "A world in miniature" : the Leipzig Trade Fairs in the 1950s and East German consumer citizenship … substitutes : plastic consumer goos in the Volkswirtschaft and everyday domestic life in the GDR / Eli Rubin -- Born again in the … sale : consumer displays and advertising in postwar West Germany / S. Jonathan Wiesen -- Drugs, consumption and …

'The Unmanageable Consumer has long been one of my favorite books in the sociology of consumption. This long overdue … consumer as worker or, more generally, the prosumer. Assign it to your classes (I have...and will again) and read it for your … anyone interested in understanding one of the most complex and multifaceted concepts of our time: the idea of the consumer. I …