| Age of Icons This volume assesses the growing role of popular icons in the construction of a culture that appears to incorporate a critical attitude towards the capitalist experience while, in fact, legitimizing the neoliberal character of the modern world. Fridell Gavin : Gavin Fridell is Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies and an associate professor at Saint Mary's University. He is also the author of Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice. Martijn Konings is a senior lecturer and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. |