Identifying consumption : subjects and objects in consumer society / Robert G. Dunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunn, Robert G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611973308

9781281973306

1281973300

9781592138715

1592138713

OCLC:

302391300