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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454046703321

Autore

Dunn Robert G

Titolo

Identifying consumption [[electronic resource] ] : subjects and objects in consumer society / / Robert G. Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-97330-0

1-59213-871-3

9786611973308

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects

Identity (Psychology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I-Commodities, Objects, the Subject; Chapter 1 The Triumph of the Commodity: Theoretical Lineages; Chapter 2 Culturalizing Consumption; Chapter 3 The Subjectivity of Consumption; Part II-Lifestyle, Status, Identity; Chapter 4 The Social Relations of Consumption; Chapter 5 The Identity of Consumption; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Identifying Consumption illustrates how an individual's buying habits are shaped by the dynamics of the consumer marketplace-and thus how consumption and identity inform each other. Robert Dunn brings together the various theories of spending and develops a mode of analysis concentrating on the individual subjectivity of consumption. By doing so, he addresses how we spend and its relationship with status and lifestyle. Dunn provides a comprehensive guide to the study of modern consumer behavior before summarizing and critiquing the major theories of consumption. At this j