The sum of small things : a theory of the aspirational class /

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"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Leisure class.
Social classes.
Lifestyles.
Social Class
Life Style
Classe oisive.
Classes sociales.
Style de vie.
social classes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Bildungselite
Lebensstil
Soziale Klasse
Verbraucherverhalten
Oberschicht
Prestige
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Twenty-first-Century "Leisure" Class; Chapter 2 Conspicuous Consumption in the Twenty-first Century; Chapter 3 Ballet Slippers and Yale Tuition: Inconspicuous Consumption and the New Elites; Chapter 4 Motherhood as Conspicuous Leisure in the Twenty-first Century; Chapter 5 Conspicuous Production; Chapter 6 Landscapes of Consumption; Chapter 7 "To Get Rich Is Glorious"? The State of Consumption and Class in America; Appendix; Notes; References; Index.

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