{"product_id":"consuming-crisis-commodifying-care-and-covid-19-paperback","title":"Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and Covid-19 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancesca Sobande\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsuming Crisis \u003c\/em\u003eis a crucial account of how consumer culture capitalized on Coronavirus (COVID-19). Sobande explores how brands claim to care while they encourage people to 'keep calm and consume'. This critical analysis of the power and politics of marketing examines an eclectic mix of campaigns, content, and experiences. Such work outlines the societal significance of fast-fashion adverts, banana bread's pandemic 'moment', university social media strategies, and how digital technology mediates memories and work. Based on the belief that brands cannot be activists, Sobande creatively considers how brands construct care, camaraderie, culture, and so-called 'normal' life during times of crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancesca Sobande is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at Cardiff University\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr Francesca Sobande is a Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), co-editor with Professor Akwugo Emejulu of \u003ci\u003eTo Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (Pluto Press, 2019), and co-author with layla-roxanne hill of \u003ci\u003eBlack Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, forthcoming). Francesca tweets at @chess_ess and more information about her work is available at francescasobande.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50350825144557,"sku":"9781529793963","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/Dhq8Jpdahf9781529793963.webp?v=1785277006","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/consuming-crisis-commodifying-care-and-covid-19-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}