The sum of small things a theory of the aspirational class
"In today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite.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...
| Main Author: | Currid-Halkett, Elizabeth, 1978- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | Edition: Elizabeth Currid-Halkett. |
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Table of Contents:
- The twenty-first century "leisure" class
- Conspicuous consumption in the twenty-first century
- Ballet slippers and Yale tuition: inconspicuous consumption and the new elites
- Motherhood as conspicuous leisure in the twenty-first century
- Conspicuous production
- Landscapes of consumption
- "To get rich is glorious"? The state of consumption and class in America
- Appendix : Consumer expenditure survey.