Consuming Crisis is 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.
Francesca Sobande is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at Cardiff University
Francesca Sobande is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at Cardiff University
Experimental, rigorous and an exceptional commentary on the multitude of inequities COVID-19 presented for the most marginalised.
This book is a moving example of Black feminist scholarship s capacity to demonstrate how employing neutralising tactics during crisis is a political choice by those in power. Sobande's writing is the near perfect example of interdisciplinary Black scholarship which takes to task politics, sociology and cultural studies in ways that grapples with interpersonal and structural inequities during crisis
Sobande presents a unique way of capturing a multitude of the structural and interpersonal challenges which COVID-19 intensified for many, whilst still writing in a way which feels incredibly personal to the reader.
Chantelle Lewis
This book is a moving example of Black feminist scholarship s capacity to demonstrate how employing neutralising tactics during crisis is a political choice by those in power. Sobande's writing is the near perfect example of interdisciplinary Black scholarship which takes to task politics, sociology and cultural studies in ways that grapples with interpersonal and structural inequities during crisis
Sobande presents a unique way of capturing a multitude of the structural and interpersonal challenges which COVID-19 intensified for many, whilst still writing in a way which feels incredibly personal to the reader.
Chantelle Lewis