Candy Culture
Candy isn’t just sugar — it’s how culture sells us ritual as branding, nostalgia as dopamine, and empire as a snack-size portion.By Chris A. Piazza | Antherra™
Length1h 22m
About this audiobook
Remember the rush of unwrapping a Skittle, that burst of color masking distant factories and exploited hands? Candy Culture unmasks how nostalgia fuels empire, climate wreckage, and engineered cravings in capitalism's grip. It invites you to trace the Candy Spiral in your own indulgences, spotting the hidden costs.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Business and Economics
Length1 hr 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 2, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
15Chapter 10: Wrappers as Seduction
2Opening: Sugarcoated Culture
16Chapter 11: Nostalgia is a Flavor
3The Candy Spiral Framework
17Chapter 12: Holidays as Consumption Engines
4Chapter 1: The First Sweet Tooth
18Bridge: Rituals of Sweetness, Signals of Seduction
5Chapter 2: Sugar as Sacrifice
19Chapter 13: Advertising the Sweet Life
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6Chapter 3: The Candy Witch
20Chapter 14: Desire by Design
7Chapter 4: Made to Disappear
21Chapter 15: Desire Goes Digital
8Bridge: The Aftertaste of Meaning
22Bridge: From Sweetness to Systems
9Chapter 5: Sugarcraft as Statecraft
23Chapter 16: The Industrial Sweet Tooth
10Chapter 6: Penny Candy to Empires
24Chapter 17: The Candy Conglomerates
11Chapter 7: Every Skittle is a Supply Chain
25Chapter 18: Sweetness and the State
12Chapter 8: The Carbon Cost of Sweetness
26Chapter 19: The Bitter Cost of Sweetness
13Bridge: The Bitter Aftertaste of Power
27Chapter 20: Candy Capitalism
14Chapter 9: Dopamine on Demand
28Aftertaste: Sweetness, Revisited
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