Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity

Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity
Title Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity PDF eBook
Author Nita Mathur
Publisher SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
Pages 0
Release 2019-01-17
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9788132111276

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This book offers analysis of articulation of consumer culture and modernity in everyday lives of people in a transnational framework. It pursues three broad themes: lifestyle choices and construction of modern identities; fashion and advertising; and subaltern concerns and moral subjectivities. It juxtaposes empirical studies with theoretical traditions in addressing questions such as: How do people imagine modernity and identity in consumer culture? What does modernity or ‘being modern’ mean to people in different societies? Are modernity and tradition antithetical to or develop an interface with each other? The chapters in the book trace manifestations and trajectories of consumer culture and modernity as they connect to develop a sense of renewed identity.

Consumer Culture and Modernity

Consumer Culture and Modernity
Title Consumer Culture and Modernity PDF eBook
Author Don Slater
Publisher Polity
Pages 240
Release 1999-02-03
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780745603049

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the issues, concepts and theories through which people have tried to understand consumer culture throughout the modern period, and puts the current state of thinking into a broader context. Thematically organized, the book shows how the central aspects of consumer culture - such as needs, choice, identity, status, alienation, objects, culture - have been debated within modern theories, from those of earlier thinkers such as Marx and Simmel to contemporary forms of post-structuralism and postmodernism. This approach introduces consumer culture as a subject which - far from being of narrow or recent interest - is intimately tied to the central issues of modern times and modern social thought. With its reviews of major theorists set within a full account of the development of the subject, this book should be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the many disciplines which now study consumer culture, including communications and cultural studies, anthropology and history.

Consumer Culture and Society

Consumer Culture and Society
Title Consumer Culture and Society PDF eBook
Author Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
Publisher SAGE Publications
Pages 251
Release 2016-07-27
Genre Social Science
ISBN 148335816X

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Consumer Culture and Society offers an introduction to the study of consumerism and consumption from a sociological perspective. Author Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy examines what we buy, how and where we consume, the meanings attached to the things we purchase, and the social forces that enable and constrain consumer behavior. Opening chapters provide a theoretical overview and history of consumer society and featured case studies look at mass consumption in familiar contexts, such as tourism, food, and higher education. The book explores ethical and political concerns, including consumer activism, indebtedness, alternative forms of consumption, and dilemmas surrounding the globalization of consumer culture.

The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture

The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture
Title The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture PDF eBook
Author Olga Kravets
Publisher SAGE
Pages 748
Release 2018-01-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1473998778

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The question of consumption emerged as a major focus of research and scholarship in the 1990s but the breadth and diversity of consumer culture has not been fully enough explored. The meanings of consumption, particularly in relation to lifestyle and identity, are of great importance to academic areas including business studies, sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology, geography and politics. The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture is a one-stop resource for scholars and students of consumption, where the key dimensions of consumer culture are critically discussed and articulated. The editors have organised contributions from a global and interdisciplinary team of scholars into six key sections: Part 1: Sociology of Consumption Part 2: Geographies of Consumer Culture Part 3: Consumer Culture Studies in Marketing Part 4: Consumer Culture in Media and Cultural Studies Part 5: Material Cultures of Consumption Part 6: The Politics of Consumer Culture

Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity

Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity
Title Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity PDF eBook
Author Nita Mathur
Publisher
Pages 399
Release 2013
Genre Consumers
ISBN 9789351507932

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'Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity' offers analysis of articulation of consumer culture and modernity in everyday lives of people in a transnational framework. It pursues three broad themes: lifestyle and construction of modern identity; fashion and identity; and subaltern concerns and moral subjectivities. It juxtaposes empirical studies with theoretical traditions in addressing questions such as: How do people imagine modernity and identity in consumer culture? What does modernity or 'being modern' mean to people in different societies? Are modernity and tradition antithetical to or develop an interface with each other?

Getting Loose

Getting Loose
Title Getting Loose PDF eBook
Author Sam Binkley
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 316
Release 2007-04-27
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 9780822339892

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DIVExamines the changing character of American consumer culture in the 1960s, 70s, and late 20th century generally, driven by changing forms of identity, notably a "loosening" of the self, by which Binkley means to evoke a wide range of identity pr/div

Consumer Culture

Consumer Culture
Title Consumer Culture PDF eBook
Author Roberta Sassatelli
Publisher SAGE
Pages 254
Release 2007-05-17
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9781412911818

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'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.