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Main Title

Affluenza /

Other Authors

Author	Title of a Work
De Graaf, John.
Boe, Vivia.
Simon, Scott.

Publisher

KCTS Television,

Year Published

1997

OCLC Number

37979685

Subjects

Consumption (Economics)--United States ; Advertising--Social aspects--United States

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified	Checkout Status
EIAV	HC110.C6A34 1997		Region 2 Library/New York,NY	02/28/2003

Collation

1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.

Contents Notes

Uses personal stories, expert commentary, and historic advertising film clips to illustrate the causes and consequences of consumerism in American society. Symptom: Swollen expectations -- Symptom: Shopping fever -- Symptom:Chronic stress -- Symptom:Hyper commercialism -- Symptom:Material: Girls (and boys) -- Symptom:Rash of brankruptcies -- Symptom:Fractured families -- Symptom:Social scars -- Symptom:Resource exhaustion -- Symptom: Global infection.