1st Edition

Advertising Cultures

Edited By Timothy de Waal Malefyt, Brian Moeran Copyright 2003
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

Through its artful engagement with consumers, advertising subtly shapes our everyday worlds. It plays upon powerful emotions -- envy, fear, lust and ambition. But the industry itself is far more subtle and complex than many people might assume. Through an innovative mix of business strategy and cultural theory, this pioneering book provides a behind-the-scenes analysis of the link between... Read more

1 How Advertising Makes its Object, 2 Critical Publicity/Public Criticism: Reflections on Fieldwork in the Bombay Ad World, 3 Advertising, Production and Consumption as Cultural Economy, 4 Imagining and Imaging the Other: Japanese Advertising International, 5 The Revolution in Marketing Intimate Apparel: A Narrative Ethnography, 6 Models, Metaphors and Client Relations: The Negotiated Meanings of Advertising, 7 Fame and the Ordinary: 'Authentic' Constructions Of Convenience Foods, 8.Psychology Vs Anthropology: Where is Culture in Marketplace Ethnography? 9 Afterword: Looking Forward, Looking Back.

Biography

Timothy deWaal Malefyt is Director of Cultural Discoveries at BBDO Advertising, New York. Brian Moeran is Professor of Culture and Communication in the Department of Intercultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School.