1st Edition

Race, Ethnicity, and Consumption A Sociological View

By Patricia Banks Copyright 2021
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

Race, Ethnicity, and Consumption: A Sociological View looks at the central concerns of consumer culture through the lens of race and ethnicity. Each chapter illustrates the connections between race, ethnicity, and consumption by focusing on a specific theme: identity, crossing cultures, marketing and advertising, neighborhoods, discrimination, and social activism. By exploring issues such as... Read more

1. Introduction and Overview  2. Identity  3. Crossing Cultures  4.Marketing and Advertising  5. Neighborhoods  6. Discrimination  7. Social Activism

Biography

Patricia A. Banks is the author of Represent: Art and Identity Among the Black Upper-Middle Class and Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums. She is a past Mallon Fellow at CASBS at Stanford University, and a past Fellow at the Hutchins Center at Harvard University. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at Mount Holyoke College.