A provocative, compelling, and entertaining look at how the power of images dominates every aspect of our lives. Stuart Ewen is professor and chair of the Department of Communications at Hunter College. He is also professor of sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and the author of PR! A Social History of Spin. Reviews "This is more than a first-rate book about consumer society. Stuart Ewen is one of the foremost interpreters today of our culture, and he has put his finger on one of the principal reasons why we are increasingly divorced from reality. It is the numbing of our sensibilities which most threatens our political life, and Ewen has laid bare why this is happening." Bill Moyers "Ewen … cites compelling examples of how style in architecture, packaging, industrial design, and advertising affect our lives … thought-provoking." Walecia Konrad Business Week "With consistently sharp arguments … Ewen succeeds in showing style to be a ubiquitous form of social control, illustrating the many ways in which we are what we wear." Alex Raksin Los Angeles Times Book Review - from the publisher |