With the shift from Fordism to post-Fordism, America has eventually step into the threshold of consumer society where consumption takes the central stage of social life.

• 它们或给人们带来成功和声誉,或象征着不可缺少的精神抚慰,或代表一种社会时尚。同时,符号消费形成了新的消费文化价值观。