
Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising: Dreams for Sale
Author(s): Luigi Manca (Editor), Gail W. Pieper (Editor), Alessandra Manca (Editor)
- Publisher: Lexington Books (UK)
- Publication Date: 10 May 2012
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 296 pages
- ISBN-10: 073917326X
- ISBN-13: 9780739173268
Book Description
Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising: Dreams for Sale, edited by Luigi Manca, Alessandra Manca, and Gail W. Pieper, is a collection of essays which gather a host of academicians from a wide variety of disciplines including sociology, psychology, literature, fine arts, history, religious studies, communication, and media studies. Through their expansive disciplinary expertise, the contributors bring unique insights to the analysis of the advertising page. The collection’s cross-disciplinary investigation also examines gender images and narratives which, in the advertising page, are frequently associated with utopian fantasies. The analyses offered in Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising will appeal to any scholar or student engaged in mass media, communication, and the effect of advertising and consumerism on individuals and cultures.
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About the Author
Jean-Marie Kauth, PhD, MPH is professor of languages and literature at Benedictine University. She is a member of APHA’s Children’s Environmental Health Committee of the Environment Section and was recently appointed to the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC), a federal advisory committee to the EPA.
Maria Lucia Piga is associate professor of sociology at University of Sassari.
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