Delirious Consumption: Aesthetics and Consumer Capitalism in Mexico and Brazil

by Sergio Delgado Moya

In the decades following World War II, the creation and expansion of massive domestic markets and relatively stable economies allowed for mass consumption on an unprecedented scale, giving rise to the consumer society that exists today. Many avant-garde artists explored the nexus between consumption and aesthetics, questioning how consumerism affects how we perceive the world, place ourselves in it, and make sense of it via perception and emotion.

Delirious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477314342
• ISBN13: 9781477314340
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"