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

• Autore: Dunn Robert G
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.3
• Soggetto topico: Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects; Identity (Psychology)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.: 9910454046703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II