The Dialectics of Shopping

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Daniel Miller (University College London, UK), Anthony Carter

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English

University of Chicago Press
01 March 2001

Consumerism; Anthropology

Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series

Shopping is generally considered to be a pleasurable activity. But in reality it can often be complicated and frustrating. Daniel Miller explores the many contradictions faced by shoppers on a typical street in London, and in the process offers a sophisticated examination of the way we shop, and what it reveals about our relationships to our families and communities, as well as to the environment and the economy as a whole.

Miller's companions are mostly women who confront these contradictions as they shop. They placate their children with items that combine nutrition with taste or usefulness with style. They decide between shopping at the local store or at the impersonal, but less expensive, mall. They tell of their sympathy for environmental concerns but somehow avoid much ethical shopping. They are faced with a selection of shops whose shifts and mergers often reveal extraordinary stories of their own. Filled with entertaining—and thoroughly familiar—stories of shoppers and shops, this book will interest scholars across a broad range of disciplines.

By: Daniel Miller (University College London UK)
Foreword by: Anthony Carter
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226526485
ISBN 10: 0226526488
Series: Lewis Henry Morgan Lecture Series
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 01 March 2001
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Miller is a professor of anthropology at the University College of London. He is the author or editor of many books, including Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter, also published by the University of Chicago Press.