The World of Goods : Towards an Anthropology of Consumption.
Title:
The World of Goods : Towards an Anthropology of Consumption.
Author:
Douglas, Professor Mary.
ISBN:
9780203434857
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (198 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to 1996 edition -- Why people want goods -- Why they save -- The uses of goods -- Exclusion, intrusion -- The technology of consumption -- Consumption periodicities -- Separate economic spheres in ethnography -- International comparisons -- Consumption classes -- Control of value -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
First published in 1979, this volume introduces a cultural factor to theories of consumption. The World of Goods goes beyond standard economic analyses, which rely on theories of individual psychology. Douglas studies how consumers use goods to fulfil their intentions in regard to one another. The World of Goods insists that goods are wanted for social purposes, for sharing and giving, more than for the private enjoyment that is the pivot of utilitarian explanations. This book offers a completely original way of thinking about consumption as a series of rituals.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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