Ordinary consumption

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Ordinary consumption

edited by Jukka Gronow and Alan Warde

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Reprint. Originally published:London ; New York : Routledge , 2001

Original issued in series: Studies in consumption and markets

"The essays in this book originate from several conferences held under the auspices of the European and British sociological assoc[i]ations between 1996 and 1998"--Introd

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The editors are very well known in the area of consumption studies Original angle - focusing on everyday goods rather then conspicuous consumption Endorsements from Stephen Edgell and Don Slater - both international experts in the field

Table of Contents

  • Introduction by Gronow and Warde 1. Consumption and Routine Kaj Ilmonen 2. Routinization or reflexivity?:consumers and normative claims for environmental considersation Bente Halkier 3. Ordinary and extraordinary consumption 4. Consuming the ordinary: changing habits versus routinisation Mark Tomlinson 5, Deviant pleasures and the normative rhetoric of the consumer society Roberta Sassatelli 6. SMART LIFE 9.0 - Representations of everyday life in future studies Katja Oksanen 7.Consumption caught in the 'cash nexus' Tim Dant 8. Networks of provision: consumers, utilities and technologies Elizabeth Shove and Heather Chappells 9. Ordinary and Distinctive Kitchens
  • or 'a kitchen is a kitchen is a kitchen' Dale Southerton 10. Lifestyle and social integration: a study of middle class culture in Manchester Brian Longhurst and Mike Savage 11. Working at consumption: the second home and daily life Davina Chaplin 12. The role of states in the creation of consumption norms Terhi-Anna Wilska Afterword The implications of ordinary consumption Akan Warde and Jukka Gronow

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