Monday, May 19, 2014

Cultural Hegemony and Consumerism

Consumerism talks about how we all have these insatiable beliefs that we think we need what we don't have. One example is the fact that in todays world, our self worth is determined by how we look like (being sexy and beautiful according to what society thinks beauty is). Just like the picture Ive posted of the before and after pictures of a model thats been airbrushed, She was beautiful before being air brushed and looking like a stick figure that is not really her. This can be a good example of consumerism. Some other examples can be the fact that we think shopping completes us or how we care so much about what brand we wear, for example people think burberry is such a big deal, but to be completely honest its nothing more than a name which has become big because society made it that way.

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