Consumption : Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780415242660 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 2128 str.

Daniel Miller

Opis

Ranging from the classic discussions of a century and more ago, to evidence for the diversity of consumption at the beginning of the 21st century, this set is a foundation for a rapidly growing area of contemporary academic study. The volumes reflect a major transformation in consumption studies. Gone are the simple debates as to whether consumption is in general a good or bad thing, and equally simple technical definitions. Instead these volumes demonstrate the maturity of its subject: that consumption is a foundation to most people's lives in most parts of the world. The contents are inter-disciplinary with approaches ranging from anthropology and media studies, to geography and business studies. Each discipline provides its own theories, perspectives and methodologies for studying this topic.

Spis treści

Volume I: Theory and Issues in Consumption
Founders, Modern Theory and Approaches, Ethics and Dilemmas.
Volume II: The History and Regional Development of Consumption
Early History, Europe, Americas, Far East, South Asia, Africa, Melanesia and Australia.
Volume III: Disciplinary Approaches to Consumption
Cultural Studies, Media, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Business Studies, Geography.
Volume IV: Objects, Subjects and Mediations in Consumption
Objects, Clothes, Food, House, Other, Subjects, Class, Gender, Mediations.