In our era of global capitalism, consumption and consumerism are considered to be key to managing a healthy global economy and a healthy self alike. Consumer activities and flows are thoroughly mediatized. This course explores how the intertwined operations of media and consumption have impacted contemporary lives and given rise to revised theoretical, political and ethical configurations in the past decades. Some of the major sites we will explore are films that foreground eating and other forms of consumption; television, particularly reality programming, soap opera and advertising; memory and history; travel; citizenship and politics; friendship; fashion; fandom; and youth culture. We will draw on a range of media texts and an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical and critical readings related to consumerism and consumption encompassing cultural studies, film and television studies, communication, feminist and postfeminist approaches, tourism studies, history and studies of political economy.
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