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A Theory Of Shopping
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-06-10
A Theory Of Shopping written by Daniel Miller and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-10 with Social Science categories.
A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one ofour most basic everyday activities - shopping. We commonly assumethat shopping is primarily concerned with individuals andmaterialism. But Miller rejects this assumption and follows thesurprising route of analysing shopping by means of an analogy withanthropological studies of sacrificial ritual. He argues that theact of purchasing goods is almost always linked to other socialrelations, and most especially those based on love and care. The ethnographic sections of the book are based on a year's studyof shopping on a street in North London. This provides the basisfor a sensitive description of the issues the shopper confrontswhen making decisions as to what to buy. Miller develops a theoryto account for these observations, arguing that shopping typicallyconsists of three major stages which reflect the three key stagesof many rites of sacrifice. In both shopping and sacrifice theultimate intention is to constitute others as desiring subjects.Finally the book examines certain historical shifts in bothsubjects and objects of devotion, in particular, ideals of genderand love. This treatment of shopping from the perspective of comparativeanthropology represents a highly innovative approach to one of themost familiar tasks of our daily lives. Written in a clear andaccessible manner, this book will be of interest to students andacademics in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, as wellas anybody who wants to consider more deeply the nature of theirown everyday activities.
A Theory Of Shopping
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
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A Theory Of Shopping
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-05-31
A Theory Of Shopping written by Daniel Miller and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-31 with Social Science categories.
A Theory of Shopping offers a highly original perspective on one of our most basic everyday activities - shopping. We commonly assume that shopping is primarily concerned 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. The ethnographic sections of the book are based on a year's study of shopping on a street in North London. This provides the basis for a sensitive description of the issues the shopper confronts when making decisions as to what to buy. Miller develops a theory to account for these observations, arguing that shopping typically consists of three major stages which reflect the three key stages of many rites of sacrifice. In both shopping and sacrifice the ultimate intention is to constitute others as desiring subjects. Finally the book examines certain historical shifts in both subjects and objects of devotion, in particular, ideals of gender and love. This treatment of shopping from the perspective of comparative anthropology represents a highly innovative approach to one of the most familiar tasks of our daily lives. Written in a clear and accessible manner, this book will be of interest to students and academics in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies, as well as anybody who wants to consider more deeply the nature of their own everyday activities.
The Dialectics Of Shopping
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001-03
The Dialectics Of Shopping written by Daniel Miller and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03 with Business & Economics categories.
Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole. Miller's companions are mostly women who confront these contradictions as they shop. They placate their children with items that combine nutrition with taste or usefulness with style. They decide between shopping at the local store or at the impersonal, but less expensive, mall. They tell of their sympathy for environmental concerns but somehow avoid much ethical shopping. They are faced with a selection of shops whose shifts and mergers often reveal extraordinary stories of their own. Filled with entertaining—and thoroughly familiar—stories of shoppers and shops, this book will interest scholars across a broad range of disciplines.
A Theory Of Grocery Shopping
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Author : Shelley Koch
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-07-18
A Theory Of Grocery Shopping written by Shelley Koch and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-18 with Social Science categories.
Grocery shopping is an often ignored part of the story of how food ultimately gets to our pantry shelves and tables. A Theory of Grocery Shopping explores the social organization of grocery shopping by linking the lived experience of grocery shoppers and retail managers in the US with information transmitted by nutritionists, government employees, financial advisors, journalists, health care providers and marketers, who influence the way we think about and perform the work of shopping for a household's food. The author provides insight into the contradictory messages that shape how consumers provision their households, and details how consumers respond to these messages. The book challenges the consumer choice model that places responsibility on the shopper for making the "right" choice at the grocery store, thereby ignoring the larger social forces at work, which determine what products are available and how they get to the shelves.
Towards A General Theory Of Shopping Behaviour
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Author : Hugh Charles Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Towards A General Theory Of Shopping Behaviour written by Hugh Charles Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
The Dialectics Of Shopping
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Author : Daniel Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001-03-01
The Dialectics Of Shopping written by Daniel Miller and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole. Miller's companions are mostly women who confront these contradictions as they shop. They placate their children with items that combine nutrition with taste or usefulness with style. They decide between shopping at the local store or at the impersonal, but less expensive, mall. They tell of their sympathy for environmental concerns but somehow avoid much ethical shopping. They are faced with a selection of shops whose shifts and mergers often reveal extraordinary stories of their own. Filled with entertaining—and thoroughly familiar—stories of shoppers and shops, this book will interest scholars across a broad range of disciplines.
A Theory Of Grocery Shopping
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Author : Shelley L. Koch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
A Theory Of Grocery Shopping written by Shelley L. Koch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Consumers categories.
"Grocery shopping is an often ignored part of the story of how food ultimately gets to our pantry shelves and tables. A Theory of Grocery Shopping explores the social organization of grocery shopping by linking the lived experience of grocery shoppers and retail managers in the US with information transmitted by nutritionists, government employees, financial advisors, journalists, health care providers and marketers, who influence the way we think about and perform the work of shopping for a household's food. The author provides insight into the contradictory messages that shape how consumers provision their households, and details how consumers respond to these messages. The book challenges the consumer choice model that places responsibility on the shopper for making the "right" choice at the grocery store, thereby ignoring the larger social forces at work, which determine what products are available and how they get to the shelves."--Back cover
The Shopping Experience
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Author : Pasi Falk
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 1997-08-15
The Shopping Experience written by Pasi Falk and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-08-15 with Social Science categories.
This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping and consumption. It also contains an appendix which gives a brief history and selected literature of shopping.
An Integrated Model Of Store Choice And Shopping Expenditure
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
An Integrated Model Of Store Choice And Shopping Expenditure written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with categories.