Pop Art is known for taking an ambivalent ... and beach umbrellas emphasized the opulence of American society where consumer ...

More, Newer, Better After World War II, consumer spending no longer meant just satisfying an indulgent material desire. In fact, the American consumer was praised as a patriotic citizen in the ...

the culture of American capitalism, especially consumerism; formations of American nationalism and transnationalism, citizenship, race and ethnicity; history of American media, oral history, and ...