A theory of shopping / Daniel Miller.
A theory of shopping / Daniel Miller.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
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N658.8342/42
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 180 p. ; 23 cm.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
This book is about shopping for ordinary things. It is also about love and devotion manifest within families and about the nature of sacrificial ritual. Daniel Miller approaches shopping not as an end in itself but as a means to discover what people's practices, closely observed, reveal about their relationships.
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 description of how shoppers develop and imagine the social relationships most important to them through the medium of selecting goods. Among the characteristics of these shopping expeditions are the concept of "th...
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A theory of shopping / Daniel Miller.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [170]-175) and index.
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N658.8342/42
Record Identifier
74VM46AzdOmb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM46AzdOmb
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ISBN
0745619460 (Polity : pbk.)
9780801435553 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801435552 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801485510 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801485517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801435553 (Cornell)
0801435552 (Cornell)
9780801485510 (Cornell : pbk.)
0801485517 (Cornell : pbk.)
9780745619453 (Polity)
0745619452 (Polity)
9780745619460 (Polity : pbk.)
DDC
658.834209421
MMS ID
991001355289702626
