Capitalism's Eye
Cultural Spaces of the Commodity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23516417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin Hetherington |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publication date | 2011-02-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Capitalism's Eye (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203940853 |
| OpenAlex | W4255710914 |
| ISBN | 9780203940853 |
| Open Library | OL38724762M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Capitalism's Eye is an extremely ambitious cultural history of how people experienced commodities in the era of industrial expansion. Writing against the dominant argument that the 'society of the spectacle' emerged fully formed in the mid-nineteenth century, Kevin Hetherington explains that the emergence of a culture of mass consumption dominated by visual experience was a much slower process, not truly ascendant until after the First World War. Looking at the department stores, home life, and the great exhibitions around the turn of the last century, Capitalism's Eye promises to transform how we understand both the cultural history of capitalism in America and Europe and the historical roots of the mediated spectacle that dominates our world today.
Art · Capitalism · Political science · Politics · American History and Culture · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Decadence, Literature, and Society · Law · Comportement · Consommateurs · Consumer behavior · Consumption (Economics) · Europe · Free enterprise · History · International Relations · Konsumtheorie · Sens et sensations · Sensation · Senses and sensation · united states
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2018 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |