Buy me, I ‘ll change your life : taste and consumption

This lecture will introduce you to key concepts about the study of consumption. It will trace the socio-political history of its study and
examine why it has taken so long for academics to take consumerism seriously. lwill then attempt to establish what for academics to take
consumerism seriously. It will then attempt to establish what role consumption plays in contemporary life and how consumer choices are
shaped through branding and advertising. This will lead us into theories oftaste. : both cultural and subcultural capital will be
addressed, in addition to the concepts of camp and kitsch.

Here some sourcing you can use, but you can also use other sourcing’s. There are

no requirements for how many sources you have use from the following.

Baudrillard, J. (1988) “Consumer Society” in M. Poster (ed.), Jean

Baudrillard: Collected Writings. Oxford: Polity Press.

Bourdieu, P. (1984) Introduction to Distinction: A social Critique ofthe Judgement

ofTaste. Translated by Richard Nice. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

Butsch, R. (ed.). (1990) For Fun and Profit: the

Transformation of Leisure into Consumption Philadelphia: Temple University Press

Douglas, M., and lsherwood. B.. (1998) The World of Goods:

Toward an Anthropology of Consumption. London: Routledge.

Herbert G J. (1974) Popular and High Culture: an analysis and evaluation of

taste, Basic Books.

McCraken, G. (1990) Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Miller, D. (1987) Material Culture and Mass Consumption. New york: Oxford University Press

Miller,

D. (ed.) 1(1995) Acknowledging Consumption: A Review of New Studies London: Routledge.

Veblen, T. (1899) The Theory ofthe Leisure Class,

And Economic Study oflnstitutions New York

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