Religion/Culture/Critique

Sheffield, T.

This groundbreaking work explores media scholar Sut Jhally's thesis that advertising functions as a religion in late capitalism and relates this to critical theological studies. Sheffield argues that advertising is not itself a religion, but that it contains religious dimensions - analogous to Durkheim's description of objects as totems.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-12-20

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403974709

DOI: 10.1057/9780230601406

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 190