Acknowledging consumption : a review of new studies / edited by Daniel Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Daniel, 1954-

Series:

Material cultures.

Material cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumers--Attitudes.

Consumers.

Consumption (Economics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A multi-disciplinary overview providing new theories, critical analyses and the latest reasearch on this very fashionable topic. Includes chapters on consumption studies in anthropology, economics, history, sociology and many more areas.

Contents:

""BOOK COVER""; ""HALF-TITLE""; ""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FIGURES""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""1 CONSUMPTION AS THE VANGUARD OF HISTORY ""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""2 STUDIES IN THE NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR ""; ""I The emergence and transformation of consumer behaviour research""; ""THE BEGINNINGS OF A DISCIPLINE OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH""; ""THE EMERGENCE OF THE NEW CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR""; ""II A review of the new consumer behaviour literature""; ""CONSUMPTION SYMBOLISM""; ""PROPERTY AND POSSESSIONS""; ""CONSUMPTION FESTIVALS AND RITUALS""; ""CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES""

""CULTURAL STUDIES""""III Two case-studies""; ""GIFTS AND GIFT-GIVING""; ""CONSUMPTION AND THE SELF""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION ""; ""I The significance of the study of consumption for sociology""; ""THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION""; ""THE PROSPECTS FOR A SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION""; ""II A review of the sociological literature""; ""THE SELECTION AND PURCHASE OF GOODS: SHOPPING""; ""THE USE OF PERISHABLE GOODS: FOOD AND DRINK""; ""THE USE OF MATERIAL GOODS""; ""THE USE OF INTANGIBLE GOODS AND SERVICES""

""III Consumption: Why the meaning is not a message""""TOURISM: MODERN CONSUMERISM ILLUSTRATED""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""4 FROM POLITICAL ECONOMY TO CONSUMPTION ""; ""I The traditions we inherit""; ""THE NEOCLASSICAL ORTHODOXY""; ""ALTERNATIVES WITHIN POLITICAL ECONOMY""; ""II Recent developments""; ""POST-FORDISM AND FLEC-SPEC""; ""THE GENERATION OF NEEDS""; ""PRIVATE AFFLUENCE AND PUBLIC SQUALOR""; ""CONSUMPTION AND STRATIFICATION""; ""FROM HORIZONTAL TO VERTICAL ANALYSIS""; ""III Systems of provision""; ""ON THE RETAILING OF FOOD""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""

""5 CONSUMPTION WITHIN HISTORICAL STUDIES """"I The significance of consumption for history""; ""INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND""; ""HISTORIOGRAPHICAL CHANGE""; ""II A review of the historical literature""; ""THE EXISTENCE AND EXTENT OF MASS MARKETS""; ""Use of probate inventories""; ""Work on England""; ""Work on Continental Europe""; ""Work on North America""; ""A single consumer revolution?""; ""Consumer goods, consumer knowledges and aspirations""; ""THE MEANINGS, SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPERATIVES OF CONSUMPTION""; ""Cultural meanings and social functions of goods""

""Studies of meanings and discourses of consumption""""Accommodating consumption""; ""Migration and consumption""; ""III Case study""; ""DEPARTMENT STORES AND CONSUMER CULTURE""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 GEOGRAPHIES OF CONSUMPTION ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SURVEY""; ""Sites""; ""Chains""; ""Space and place""; ""CASE-STUDIES""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CONSUMPTION ""; ""Locating the problem of consumption within psychology""; ""PSYCHOLOGY AND CONSUMPTION: DISCIPLINARY ISSUES""

""THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-84311-9

1-138-14301-4

1-134-84312-7

1-280-15812-3

9786610158126

0-203-97539-1

9780203975398

OCLC:

922956681