consumer culture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsumerandculture
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consumer
noun[C]
uk/kənˈsjuː.mər/us/kənˈsuː.mɚ/
a person who buys goods or services for their ...
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culture
noun
uk/ˈkʌl.tʃər/us/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ/
the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a ...
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(Definition ofconsumerandculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofconsumer culture
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The negative assumptions about obesity, and the emphasis on physical attractiveness as a form of social currency for women, are underscored byconsumerculture.
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Younger women's emphasis on weight control has been explained in terms of socialisation, anti-fat prejudice andconsumerculture.
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Early developments inconsumercultureprovide some answers.
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Doing so, they have viewed the expansion ofconsumerculturequite differently.
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The study showed that the gerontophobic assumptions that can easily be deduced from representations in theconsumerculturedo not match people's individual experiences.
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Communism from the late nineteenth century through the 1940s provided an alternative anti-liberal ideological response toconsumerculture.
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This ad demonstrates that typically female-orientedconsumerculture, such as putting on makeup, is no longer identified as exclusively female.
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Despite this, ageing bodies occupy a remote place inconsumerculture.
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The influence ofconsumerculturehas also been examined.
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But that ideology will not explain to us what theconsumerculturein communist countries was actually like.
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They discern a growingconsumerculture, not only among the middle classes but also in the lower ranks of society, beginning around 1650.
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Finally, women's focus on weight and appearance has been discussed in relation toconsumerculture.
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Their wish is to remain part of mainstreamconsumerculture.
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The discourses of the newconsumerculturein print-media which generate positive age stereotypes are examined in the following articles.
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That is certainly how it is articulated in the prevailingconsumerculture, in which individuals are encouraged to regard consumption as an expression of identity.
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The results are, thus, in sharp contrast to the gerontophobic messages fromconsumercultureas well as contrary to some gerontological theories.
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The second core element of modernconsumercultureis the expression of status through purchase.
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The ageing mask, it is argued, intrudes between the youthful self and aconsumerculturethat offers considerable flexibility of identity.
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