The contributors explore consumption and its relation to learning, identity development, and education. This volume is unique within the literature of education in its examination of educational sites - both formal and informal - where learners and teachers are resisting consumerism and enacting a critical pedagogy of consumption.

"Utopian in theme and implication, this book shows how the practices of critical, interpretive inquiry can help change the world in positive ways.... This is the promise, the hope, and the agenda that is offered."--Norman K. Denzin, From the Foreword

"Its focus on learning, education and pedagogy gives this book a particular relevance and significance in contemporary cultural studies. Its impressive authors, thoughtful structuring, wide range of perspectives, attention to matters of educational policy and practice, and suggestions for transformative...