Can't Buy My Love How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel

Name: Can't Buy My Love How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel
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ISBN: 9780684866000

ISBN-10: 0684866005

ISBN-13: 9780684866000

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jean Kilbourne, Mary Pipher

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"When was the last time you felt this comfortable in a relationship?" -- An ad for sneakers "You can love it without getting your heart broken." -- An ad for a car "Until I find a real man, I'll settle for a real smoke." -- A woman in a cigarette ad Many advertisements these days make us feel as if we have an intimate, even passionate relationship with a product. But as Jean Kilbourne points out in this fascinating and shocking exposé, the dreamlike promise of advertising always leaves us hungry for more. We can never be satisfied, because the products we love cannot love us back. Drawing upon her knowledge of psychology, media, and women's issues, Kilbourne offers nothing less than a…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 11/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction: "A Girl of Many Parts": The Making of an Activist



"Buy This 24-Year-Old and Get All His Friends Absolutely Free": We Are the Product



"In Your Face ... All Over the Place!": Advertising Is Our Environment



"Bath Tissue Is Like Marriage": The Corruption of Relationships



"Can an Engine Pump the Valves in Your Heart?": Crazy for Cars



"Please, Please, You're Driving Me Wild": Falling in Love with Food



"The More You Subtract, The More You Add": Cutting Girls Down to Size



"Forget the Rules! Enjoy the Wine": Alcohol and Rebellion



"What You're Looking for": Rage and Rebellion in Cigarette Advertising



"The Dream Begins as Soon as You Open the Door": Advertising an Addictive Mind-Set



"In Life There Are Many Loves, But Only One Grande Passion": Addiction as a Relationship



"You Talkin' to Me?": Advertising and Disconnection



"Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt": Advertising and Violence



"Relax. and Enjoy the Revolution": Redefining Rebellion


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index