(FB2) A Theory of Shopping by Daniel Miller · 9780745619460

[Ashton Wetmore]

A Theory of Shopping
by Daniel Miller

A Theory of Shopping – Read More

• Language: english
• Format: paperback, 192 pages
• Author: Daniel Miller
• ISBN: 9780745619460 (0745619460)
• Genres: anthropology
• Release date: April 1, 1998
• Publisher: Polity Press

About The Book

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.

TXT book A Theory of Shopping iOS. MP3 A Theory of Shopping Daniel Miller download on IndieBound. EPUB ebook A Theory of Shopping read online. Hardcover ebook A Theory of Shopping by Daniel Miller buy cheap for Mac on Booktopia. FictionBook A Theory of Shopping by Daniel Miller.

MOBI book A Theory of Shopping read on PC on Audible. Hardback A Theory of Shopping Daniel Miller download for reader. Online book A Theory of Shopping buy on Amazon. PDF ebook A Theory of Shopping Daniel Miller. FB2 book A Theory of Shopping buy iPad on Barnes & Noble.

[Author]

Posts