If anyone could tell me who this photograph is by, I’d really appreciate it.
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Today I finished the book Buy Buy Baby by Susan Gregory Thomas. What stood out to me, in her book, was the discussion on Generation X’ers and “newstalgia”. She theorizes that Generation X’ers compensate for their lack of a loving childhood (as [...]
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While I was out of town, I read through two books. As I mentioned before, in my proposal, one of the books I read was called Consuming Kids by Susan Linn. I liked her book a lot. She discussed the media’s role in manipulating children and their parents to turn profits. She also talked about [...]
I will elaborate more on the research I did, while I was away in Disney World, tomorrow. In the meantime, here is my S.P. Proposal:
Ever since the end of World War II, Americans have always been encouraged to shop. Consumerism was built around maintaining a decent and comparable standard of living. However, in recent decades, [...]
Today I read some essays from the book “Consumer Society in American History” by Lawrence Glickman. I felt it would be a good read to get a general idea behind the theories regarding my ‘proposed’ topic of choice. I was especially drawn by the essays that focused on America and Consumerism after World War II. [...]