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Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2017-2018 [Archived Catalog]

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STSS 4720 - Consumer Culture


What is consumer culture? What are its roots, its consequences, and alternatives? Documentaries and the research of anthropologists, historians, and religious scholars examine consumer culture in the United States and the United Kingdom including recognition of the global locations in which our consumer goods are made. Topics include buying and selling, shopping, retail, manufacture, material culture, pricing, consumer goods, disposal, kinship, identity, exchange, and advertising, with attention paid to differences in race, class, and gender.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: any 1000- or 2000-level STS course or permission of instructor.

When Offered: Spring term annually.



Cross Listed: STSH 4720; students cannot obtain credit for both courses.

Credit Hours: 4



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