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Autore |
Dunn Robert G |
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Titolo |
Identifying consumption [[electronic resource] ] : subjects and objects in consumer society / / Robert G. Dunn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-97330-0 |
1-59213-871-3 |
9786611973308 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects |
Identity (Psychology) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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