First published in 2004. Studies in Anthropology and History is a series that will develop new theoretical perspectives, and combine comparative and ethnographic studies with historical research. Volume fifteen and this is about the relation between consumption and broader cultural strategies. The papers are the product of a workshop organized in Denmark under the aegis of the Center for Research in the Humanities which took place in 1989. While the majority of participants were anthropologists, there were also sociologists and historians present.
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This study is an attempt to locate the practice of consumption within more general strategies of social self-definition. The essays in this volume are addressed to the understanding of consumption in terms of a larger matrix of social identity and the cultural strategies connected with it.
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Consumption and the practice of identity, J. Friedman; western modernity and consumption - theoretical origins and cultural realities, C. Campbell and O. Lofgren; multiple identities, multiple strategies, D. Miller and R. Wilk; empowerment and the consumption of life-force, M. Rowlands, J. Friedman and E. Hirsch; disempowerment and the loss of life-force, I. Kopytoff, B. Orlove and A. Bauer.
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ISBN
9783718655922
Publisert
2004-11-11
Utgiver
Vendor
Harwood-Academic Publishers
Vekt
589 gr
Høyde
246 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248

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