Culture and Consumption
ANTH 317
Fall 2019 not offered
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This seminar examines the formation, development, and contemporary forms of cultures of consumption in EuroAmerican societies and their gobal exportation and adaptation to diverse local situations. The course is premised on the idea that the spectacular and continuous rise of commodity consumption that began in the late 17th century is as much a cultural as an economic process, one that both shaped and was shaped by shifts in ideas about personal and social development. Once associated with negative meanings of waste, excess, and depletion, consuming, especially of clothes, domestic goods, new foods and beverages, and artistic forms, came to be seen as a critical dimension of self-fashioning and sociability. While the course situates these developments in the context of expanding markets and new modes of distribution, it will emphasize the post-purchase moments of consumption, that is, the ways in which consumers incorporate goods into their everyday lives. Among the themes we will consider are the gendering of consumption, the social dynamics of taste, commodity consumption and ideologies of authenticity, consumption and social inequality, the consequences of consumption, and the emergence of the ethical consumer. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ANTH |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ANTH) |
Major Readings:
Daniel Miller, STUFF
Frank Trentmann, EMPIRE OF THINGS,
Arlie Hochschild, THE OUTSOURCED SELF
selected readings from works by Arjun Apadurai, Zygmund Baumanm, Pierre Bourdieu, Colin Campbell, Lizabeth Cohn, John Frow, Jackson Lears, Richard Ohmann, Bill Osgerby, Kathy Peiss and others,
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Examinations and Assignments:
research journal
discussion facilitation
2 response papers
class presentation and final research paper |
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