Discussion Board "Commodity Fetishism" Dictionary.com defines commodity as "something useful that can be turned to commercial or other advantage," for example, any item made to make life a little easier, socially or otherwise, such as a new sweater, or a cell phone. The site also describes fetishism as an "excessive attachment or regard" or "the displacement of sexual arousal or gratification to a fetish." We can delve into the bonds between a Ericson phone …
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…tongue-in-cheek latter version. Works Cited Dictionary.com Thomas Hine. "What's in a Package." Signs of Life in the USA.3rd ed. Eds. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Boston: Bedford,2002. 69-79. Anne Norton. "The Signs of Shopping." Signs of Life in the USA.3rd ed. Eds. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon. Boston: Bedford, 2002. 62-69. Shames, Laurence. "The More Factor." Signs of Life in the USA. 3rd ed. Eds. Sonia Maasik and Jack Soloman. Boston: Bedford, 2000. 55-61.