Consumption and Identity

Jonathan Friedman

Harwood Acadmeic Publishers, 1994 - Business & Economics - 239 pages

Nine essays examine consumption from a cultural anthropological view, discovering social identity and its associated cultural strategies. The academic jargon around the discussions doesn't detract from their originality: a study of capitalism, consumption, Weber, and Veblen; yuppies in Manhattan; whether the interior life we tend to value is really valuable; studies of modern Belize, Camaroon, Papua; the elegance of Africa; and the beef hierarchy in 19th century Chile. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Bibliographic information

• Title: Consumption and Identity; Volume 15 of Consumption & Identity; Volume 15 of Studies in anthropology and history, ISSN 1055-2464
• Author: Jonathan Friedman
• Editor: Jonathan Friedman
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Harwood Acadmeic Publishers, 1994
• ISBN: 3718655926, 9783718655922
• Length: 239 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior; Psychology / General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Anthropology / General