SOC553 SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION
| Course Code: |
2320553 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Sociology |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Assist.Prof.Dr BARIÞ MÜCEN |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Overview of theories of consumption from a sociological perspective; consumption and modernity; consumption and postmodernity; consumption in different social and cultural contexts; current trends in consumption; relation of consumption to globalization, commodification, class, race, gender and identfy; political economy of consumption.
