Consumer Culture: History, Theory and PoliticsSAGE, 17 mai 2007 - 237 pages Showing the cultural and institutional processes that have brought the notion of the consumer to life, this book guides the reader on a comprehensive journey through the history of how we have come to understand ourselves as consumers in a consumer society and reveals the profound ambiguities and ambivalences inherent within. Rooted in sociology, Roberta Sassatelli also draws on history, anthropology, geography, and economics to give an exemplary introduction to the history and theory of consumer culture. |
Table des matières
Born to consume | 1 |
THE RISE OF CONSUMER CULTURE | 9 |
Capitalism and the Consumer Revolution | 13 |
The Cultural Production of Economic Value | 32 |
THEORIES OF CONSUMER AGENCY | 53 |
Utility and Social Competition | 57 |
Needs Manipulation and Simulation | 74 |
Taste Identity and Practices | 91 |
Representations and Consumerism | 117 |
Commodities and Consumers | 139 |
Contexts of Consumption | 161 |
Consumers Consumer Cultures and the Practices of Consumption | 191 |
Further Reading and Resources | 197 |
References | 202 |
Index | 228 |
THE POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION | 113 |
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19th century activity advertising American Baudrillard become Bourdieu capital capitalist Chapter characterized choice commercial commodities commoditization consider conspicuous consumption consumer capital consumer culture consumer practices consumer society consumer sovereignty consumerism contemporary contexts of consumption creative critical culture of consumption de-commoditization desires discourses domestic economic emphasis ethic example exchange fact fashion forms Frankfurt School function gender global groups hedonism ibid identity images increasingly individual industry institutions instrumental rationality Jean Baudrillard leisure lifestyles linked London luxury mass material culture McDonald's meanings mediated Miller modern moral neoclassical economics objects organization orig particular perspective Pierre Bourdieu pleasure political political consumerism practices of consumption production and consumption productivist promote purchase rational relations relationship rituals Ritzer role Routledge Sassatelli Simmel social actors sociology space specific sphere spread structure studies style sumer sumption symbolic taste theory tion traditional Trentmann variety vision Western women