Media, Information and Technoculture 2151A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commodity Fetishism, Sexual Fetishism, Goblin Market
2 Mar 2017
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Sex and the city: introduction: chick-lit: contemporary literature directed towards women female protagonist who is a single, working professional woman living in a n urban space (20s-30s, dominant theme: obsessive engagement with consumer culture, ex. If it impedes you in some way it is a sign of leisure: ex. Victorian women: even today the woman in the economic space is presented as debt-inducing and irrational, the idea is normalized through the modern day stories like. Sex and the city and confessions of a shopaholic. )t(cid:495)s a physical activity: reading, part of the allure temptation is that it is a coveted product on sale fingers curl around the handles of a shiny uncreased bag, and all the shiny things inside are yours. Financial times and scarf: commodities = escapism and identity-construction, when she goes into a meeting, she has to buy the financial.
