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Autore: | Dunn Robert G |
Titolo: | Identifying consumption [[electronic resource] ] : subjects and objects in consumer society / / Robert G. Dunn |
Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306.3 |
Soggetto topico: | Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects |
Identity (Psychology) | |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Identifying consumption |
ISBN: | 1-281-97330-0 |
1-59213-871-3 | |
9786611973308 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782445403321 |
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