Culture And Consumption

Author : Grant David McCracken
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990-11-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253206286

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"This book compiles and integrates highly innovative work aimed at bridging the fields of anthropology and consumer behavior." —Journal of Consumer Affairs " . . . fascinating . . . ambitious and interesting . . . " —Canadian Advertising Foundation Newsletter " . . . an anthropological dig into consumerism brimming with original thought . . . " —The Globe and Mail "Grant McCracken has written a provocative book that puts consumerism in its place in Western society—at the centre." —Report on Business Magazine " . . . a stimulating addition to knowledge and theory about the interrelationship of culture and consumption." —Choice "[McCracken's] synthesis of anthropological and consumer studies material will give historians new ideas and methods to integrate into their thinking." —Maryland Historian "The book offers a fresh and much needed cultural interpretation of consumption." —Journal of Consumer Policy "The volume will help balance the prevailing cognitive and social psychological cast of consumer research and should stimulate more comprehensive investigation into consumer behavior." —Journal of Marketing Research " . . . broad scope, enthusiasm and imagination . . . a significant contribution to the literature on consumption history, consumer behavior, and American material culture." —Winterhur Portfolio "For this is a superb book, a definitive exploration of its subject that makes use of the full range of available literature." —American Journal of Sociology "McCracken's book is a fine synthesis of a new current of thought that strives to create an interdisciplinary social science of consumption behaviors, a current to which folklorists have much to contribute." —Journal of American Folklore This provocative book takes a refreshing new view of the culture of consumption. McCracken examines the interplay of culture and consumer behavior from the anthropologist's point of view and provides new insights into the way we view ourselves and our society.

Author : Grant David McCracken
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Civilization
ISBN : UCSC:32106019137089

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Author : Grant David McCracken
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0253345669

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Culture and Consumption II by Grant David McCracken Pdf

* New insights into modern consumer culture by a master critic

Author : Paul Ransome
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847871572

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Work, Consumption and Culture by Paul Ransome Pdf

The central question in Work, Consumption and Culture is whether consumption has now displaced production as the defining factor in the lives of those in the industrialized West. This book offers a comprehensive review of the key issues in the production/consumption debate, and where it might lead in the future. Key to Paul Ransome′s argument is the hypothesis that affluence is the crucial factor in the shift away from work and towards consumption. Uniquely emphasizing the links between work, consumption and culture, rather than keeping each element separate, the author looks at: - the changing significance of work in society - the meaning, growth and significance of affluence - the growing importance of consumption as a source of identity and its implications the impact of the shift to consumption on work/life balance Work, Consumption and Culture engages the reader with its lively debating style. It is an essential introduction for sociology and cultural studies students on courses relating to consumption and the role of work in contemporary society. `This book offers a balanced account of the changing importance of work and consumption in contemporary industrial society. Clearly written, the author identifies the central role that affluence plays in the relationship between work and consumption, and in the development of social life and individual identity′ - Professor Paul Blyton, Cardiff Business School

Author : Tak Wing Chan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139485975

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Social Status and Cultural Consumption by Tak Wing Chan Pdf

How does cultural hierarchy relate to social hierarchy? Do the more advantaged consume 'high' culture, while the less advantaged consume popular culture? Or has cultural consumption in contemporary societies become individualised to such a degree that there is no longer any social basis for cultural consumption? Leading scholars from the UK, the USA, Chile, France, Hungary and the Netherlands systematically examine the social stratification of arts and culture. They evaluate the 'class-culture homology argument' of Pierre Bourdieu and Herbert Gans; the 'individualisation arguments' of Anthony Giddens, Ulrich Beck and Zygmunt Bauman; and the 'omnivore-univore argument' of Richard Peterson. They also demonstrate that, consistent with Max Weber's class-status distinction, cultural consumption, as a key element of lifestyle, is stratified primarily on the basis of social status rather than by social class.

Author : Paolo Corvo
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349561002

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Food Culture, Consumption and Society by Paolo Corvo Pdf

This book analyses how consumer food choices have undergone profound changes in the context of the economic crisis, including the rediscovery of local products and the diffusion of multi-ethnic food. Corvo argues that a new ecological relationship between food and the environment is needed to reduce food problems such as food waste and obesity.

Author : Frank Mort
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135079925

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Cultures of Consumption by Frank Mort Pdf

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Franck Cochoy,Johan Hagberg,Magdalena Petersson McIntyre,Niklas Sörum
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317299349

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Digitalizing Consumption by Franck Cochoy,Johan Hagberg,Magdalena Petersson McIntyre,Niklas Sörum Pdf

Contemporary consumer society is increasingly saturated by digital technology, and the devices that deliver this are increasingly transforming consumption patterns. Social media, smartphones, mobile apps and digital retailing merge with traditional consumption spheres, supported by digital devices which further encourage consumers to communicate and influence other consumers to consume. Through a wide range of empirical studies which analyse the impact of digital devices, this volume explores the digitization of consumption and shows how consumer culture and consumption practices are fundamentally intertwined and mediated by digital devices. Exploring the development of new consumer cultures, leading international scholars from sociology, marketing and ethnology examine the effects on practices of consumption and marketing, through topics including big data, digital traces, streaming services, wearables, and social media’s impact on ethical consumption. Digitalizing Consumption makes an important contribution to practice-based approaches to consumption, particularly the use of market devices in consumers’ everyday consumer life, and will be of interest to scholars of marketing, cultural studies, consumer research, organization and management.

Author : Ozgen, Ozlen
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781522584926

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Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age by Ozgen, Ozlen Pdf

The mass production and diversification of media have accelerated the development of popular culture. This has started a new trend in consumerism of desiring new consumption objects and devaluing those consumption objects once acquired, thus creating a constant demand for new items. Pop culture now canalizes consumerism both with advertising and the marketing of consumerist lifestyles, which are disseminated in the mass media. The Handbook of Research on Consumption, Media, and Popular Culture in the Global Age discusses interdisciplinary perspectives on media influence and consumer impacts in a globalizing world due to modern communication technology. Featuring research on topics such as consumer culture, communication ethics, and social media, this book is ideally designed for managers, marketers, researchers, academicians, and students.

Author : Mark Gottdiener
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0847695700

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New Forms of Consumption by Mark Gottdiener Pdf

Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the commodification of sex, and the increasing role of leisure in society all play new and interesting roles in daily life that combine consumerism with the most contemporary social forms. This collection of essays examines the recent ways in which consumerism has been approached by cultural studies with special emphasis given to these and other newly emerging topics. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides a theoretical overview of consumption studies dealing with classical and more contemporary approaches in light of the debate between advocates and critics of postmodernism. In this section there are papers on McDonaldization, tourism and cultural studies, and the Theory of Shopping. The second part emphasizes empirical studies of the commodification process. Papers address the transformation of women's bodies and the mass commodification of milk, the creation of the toddler as a subject and the commodification of childhood, the commodification of sports, and the commodification of rock music. The third section of the book explores new forms of consumption on a more detailed and concentrated level. Papers in this section include the rise of sex tourism as a global industry, the commodification of the sacred, and the emergence of new consumer spaces in the city. An introduction by the editor delineates the advantages of his approach to new forms of consumption based squarely in the emerging issues of cultural studies, debates transcending postmodernism, and the society of the spectacle.

Author : Ann Bermingham,John Brewer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415159970

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The Consumption of Culture, 1600-1800 by Ann Bermingham,John Brewer Pdf

Author : Colin Campbell
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030836818

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Consumption and Consumer Society by Colin Campbell Pdf

This collection of high quality, largely previously published essays, analyses a range of controversies in the field of the sociology of culture and consumption. Campbell made a major contribution to the development of this field and he has a clear and coherent theoretical position which he employs to comment on interesting disputes among scholars seeking to understand consumer culture. Containing a brand new expansive essay reflecting on consumption in the age of a pandemic and drawing out some of the conceptual and practical implications of the relationship between wants and needs, science and norms, this synthesis will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers of consumption, consumer and cultural sociology.

Author : Dr. Frederick F. Wherry,Dr. Ian Woodward
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190695613

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The Oxford Handbook of Consumption by Dr. Frederick F. Wherry,Dr. Ian Woodward Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Consumption consolidates the most innovative recent work conducted by social scientists in the field of consumption studies and identifies some of the most fruitful lines of inquiry for future research. It begins by embedding marketing in its global history, enmeshed in various political, economic, and social sites. From this embedded perspective, the book branches out to examine the rise of consumer culture theory among consumer researchers and parallel innovative developments in sociology and anthropology, with scholarship analyzing the roles that identity, social networks, organizational dynamics, institutions, market devices, materiality, and cultural meanings play across a wide variety of applications, including, but not limited to, brands and branding, the sharing economy, tastes and preferences, credit and credit scoring, consumer surveillance, race and ethnicity, status, family life, well-being, environmental sustainability, social movements, and social inequality. The volume is unique in the attention it gives to consumer research on inequality and the focus it has on consumer credit scores and consumer behaviors that shape life chances. The volume includes essays by many of the key researchers in the field, some of whom have only recently, if at all, crossed the disciplinary lines that this volume has enabled. The contributors have tried to address several key questions: What motivates consumption and what does it mean to be a consumer? What social, technical, and cultural systems integrate and give character to contemporary consumption? What actors, institutions, and understandings organize and govern consumption? And what are the social uses and effects of consumption?

Author : David Howes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134772346

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Cross-Cultural Consumption by David Howes Pdf

Goods are imbued with meanings and uses by their producers. When they are exported, they can act as a means of communication or domination. However, there is no guarantee that the intentions of the producer will be recognized, much less respected, by the consumer from another culture. Cross-Cultural Consumption is a fascinating guide to the cultural implications of the globalization of a consumer society. The chapters address topics ranging from the clothing of colonial subjects in South Africa and the rise of the hypermarket in Argentina, to the presentation of culture in international tourist hotels. Through their examination of cultural imperialism and cultural appropriation of the representation of otherness and identity, Howes and his contributors show how the increasingly global flow of goods and images challenges the very idea of the cultural border and creates new spaces for cultural invention. Marian Bredin, Concordia University, Constance Classen, Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago, Mary Crain, University of Barcelona, Carol Handrickson, Marlboro Colleg

Author : John Storey
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0340720379

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Cultural Consumption and Everyday Life by John Storey Pdf

Cultural consumption is one of the key activities of everyday life: it can say who we are or who we would like to be. This book explores cultural consumption from the postdisciplinary perspective of cultural studies. It provides a critical map of the field and brings together work on consumerculture in anthropology and sociology and work on media audiences within media studies and sociology.