Popular Press
Shopping at the End of the World
ArtVoice
(2007)
Abstract
In a consumer culture life is all about you. What are your immediate wants and needs? How do you feel? Are you comfortable? Thirsty maybe? Mood okay? Happiness comes in a box from the mall. Or a pill from the doctor. Whatever. Just as long as you buy it. Forget about where things come from, who made them, under what conditions—or how the raw materials came to be in the manufacturer’s possession. And forget about where things go when you’re done with them. Leave those worries to the bleeding hearts, the tree-huggers and all the other America-haters. You work hard. You deserve creature comforts. End of story. Let’s shop.
Keywords
- Black Friday,
- Buy Nothing Day,
- Consumerism
Disciplines
- Critical and Cultural Studies,
- Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication,
- International and Intercultural Communication,
- Journalism Studies,
- Mass Communication,
- Indigenous Studies,
- Other American Studies,
- Other Film and Media Studies,
- Politics and Social Change,
- Race and Ethnicity,
- Social and Cultural Anthropology,
- Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance and
- Social Influence and Political Communication
Publication Date
November 29, 2007
Citation Information
Michael I Niman. "Shopping at the End of the World" ArtVoice Vol. 6 Iss. 48 (2007) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/niman/68/