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"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite.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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prestige
Oberschicht
Verbraucherverhalten
Soziale Klasse
Lebensstil
Bildungselite
Social classes.
Lifestyles.
Leisure class.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
social classes.
Style de vie.
Classes sociales.
Classe oisive.
Life Style
Social Class
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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