A Theory of Shopping - Hardcover

Miller, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745619452 ISBN 13: 9780745619453

Verlag: Polity Press, 1998

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Críticas

"Before reading this book, I did not believe that a theory of shopping was possible. Now I do. Daniel Miller argues that shopping is a ritual practice oriented to others. In doing so, he puts the heart back into his accounts of consumption which too often assume that shopping is an asocial or even anti--social activity. Remarkable." Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol "His demystification of what appears to be, on the surface, straightforward juggling of cost, quantity and quality is absorbing reading." New Statesman and Society "Millera s Hegelian assumptions are provocative and testing. In short an exhilarating book." New Formations "Miller begins with an excellent and sensitive ethnography of shopping firmly rooted among his own native north Londoners. It is a fine example of what an anthropologist can achieve at home." The Times Higher Education Supplement

Reseña del editor

This book offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities - shopping. We commonly assume that shopping has to do primarily with individuals and materialism. But Miller rejects this assumption and follows the surprising route of analysing shopping by means of an analogy with anthropological studies of sacrificial ritual. He argues that the act of purchasing goods is almost always linked to other social relations, and most especially those based on love and care.

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• Verlag: Polity Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0745619452
• ISBN 13: 9780745619453
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192