Consumption Of Culture

Author : Grant David McCracken
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253206282
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and Consumption written by Grant David McCracken and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990-11-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : Ann Bermingham
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415159975
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Consumption of Culture, 1600-1800 written by Ann Bermingham and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tamara S. Wagner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 073914510X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century written by Tamara S. Wagner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consuming Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century aims to bring together detailed analyses of the cultural myths, or fictions, of consumption that have shaped discourses on consumer practices from the eighteenth century onwards. Individual essays provide an excitingly diverse range of perspectives, including musicology, philosophy, history, and art history, cultural and postcolonial studies as well as the study of literature in English, French, and German. The broad scope of this collection will engage audiences both inside and outside academia interested in the politics of food and consumption in eighteenth and nineteenth century culture.

Author : John Storey
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340720370
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Consumption and Everyday Life written by John Storey and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1999 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Ann Bermingham
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134808399
Total Pages : 660 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consumption Of Culture written by Ann Bermingham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Roberta Sassatelli
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9781412911818
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consumer Culture written by Roberta Sassatelli and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Roberta Sassatelli has written a thorough and wide-ranging synthetic account of social scientific research on consumption which will set the standard for the second generation of textbooks on cultures of consumption. Consumer Culture is an appealing and lucid introduction to the major themes - historical and contemporary, theoretical and empirical - surrounding the growth, nature and consequences of consumer culture. It will be of professional interest as well as serving a student audience' - Alan Warde, University of Manchester 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. While rooted in sociology, Sassatelli draws on the traditions of history, anthropology, geography and economics to give: - A history of the rise of consumer culture around the world; - A richly illustrated analysis of theory from neo-classical economics, to critical theory, to theories of practice and ritual de-commoditization; and - A compelling discussion of the politics underlying our consumption practices. An exemplary introduction to the history and theory of consumer culture, this book provides nuanced answers to some of the most central questions of our time.

Author : Paul Ransome
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1847871577
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Work, Consumption and Culture written by Paul Ransome and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005-01-19 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 1139485970
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Social Status and Cultural Consumption written by Tak Wing Chan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-08 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Mark Paterson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415355070
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consumption and Everyday Life written by Mark Paterson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book introduces key ideas and theorists of consumption in an accessible way. Case studies that describe familiar acts of consumption from areas of everyday life are used to ground relevant debates and ideas.

Author : David Arditi
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839827688
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Streaming Culture written by David Arditi and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encouraging us to look beyond the seemingly limitless supply of multimedia content, David Arditi calls attention to the underlying dynamics of instant viewing - in which our access to our favourite binge-worthy show, blockbuster movie or hot new album release depends on any given service’s willingness, and ability, to license it.