The question of consumption emerged as a major focus of research and scholarship in the 1990s but the breadth and diversity of consumer culture has not been fully enough explored. The meanings of consumption, particularly in relation to lifestyle and identity, are of great importance to academic areas including business studies, sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology, geography and politics. The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture is a one-stop resource for scholars and students of consumption, where the key dimensions of consumer culture are critically discussed and articulated. The editors have organised contributions from a global and interdisciplinary team of scholars into six key sections:
Part 1: Sociology of Consumption
Part 2: Geographies of Consumer Culture
Part 3: Consumer Culture Studies in Marketing
Part 4: Consumer Culture in Media and Cultural Studies
Part 5: Material Cultures of Consumption

Part 6: The Politics of Consumer Culture

消费问题在20世纪90年代成为研究和学术的一个主要焦点，但消费文化的广度和多样性尚未得到充分的探讨。消费的意义，特别是与生活方式和身份有关的意义，对商业研究、社会学、文化和媒体研究、心理学、地理和政治等学术领域具有重要意义。《消费文化圣人手册》是消费学者和学生的一站式资源，对消费文化的关键维度进行了批判性的论述和阐述。编辑们将全球和跨学科学者团队的贡献组织成六个关键部分：
第一部分：消费社会学
第2部分：消费文化的地理位置
第三部分：市场营销中的消费者文化研究
第四部分：媒介与文化研究中的消费文化
第5部分：消费物质文化
第六部分：消费文化的政治