Consumption as biopower: Governing bodies with loyalty cards

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 201-220

  Coll, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biopolitics; biopower; data mining; foucault; health; loyalty cards; privacy; relationship marketing; retailing; surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887110872     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540513480159     Document Type: Article

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