Drawing upon existing literature, this paper briefly discusses aspects of conspicuous consumption. Analysis of the construct has been done in the perspective of changing capitalist structure and dominating socio-philosophical ideologies, especially postmodernism. Effort has been made to extend the original concept and propose necessary refinement and integration of relevant concepts to enable a meaningful, holistic, and contemporary interpretation of the said construct. This paper examines different aspects of consumer behavior, helps to generate some important directions for future research in the field, and also discusses these issues in the context of the transitional socio-economic background of India.
...-visits, and other showy yet meaningless events; so much so that these stories have become a part ... has dictated contemporary philosophy, cultural practices, art, and literature. He associates the ...The Ancient Economy . Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. . Firat, A. Fuat....
This study investigates tattoo removal as a means of identity negotiation using Brewer's (1991) optimal distinctiveness theory as the conceptual foundation. Twenty-two informants who ranged in age from 19 to 43 participated in in-depth interviews telling their stories of tattoo acquisition and removal. Findings unpack the relationship between consumption, disposition, and the different aspects of the self-concept. Informants who felt overly individuated (or assimilated) in a frequently activated social identity group because of tattoo acquisition, compensated for this conflict by enhancing feelings of affiliation (or differentiation) in another frequently activated social identity via tattoo removal. This study extends previous research on the role of consumption in shaping the maintena...
... in the consumer's life, such as past events, others' reactions to the tattoo, the wearer's soc...2000. Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community. Durham, NC...Ed. Arnold Rubin. Los Angeles, CA: Museum of Cultural History, University of Cal...
... conditions, I have tried to take recent events into account.(1) Obviously, much has happened rece... make it a party to Heritage's broader cultural mission. This does not mean the CBC censors or bia... ethnic residential segregation in the Los Angeles CSMA, claim that maintenance of a mosaic pattern c...
... the citys arts ambassadors for its 2010 Cultural Capital of Canada campaign. Jan. 28 -- Abe Arnold,... won numerous Manitoba Curling Association events as a skip in his younger years. He established Roa... with the American Football Leagues Los Angeles Dons before joining the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1...
... she or he thinks certain groups are culturally or genetically predisposed to criminal behaviour a... lenses through which to see situations and events" (Skolnick 1967: 42). The element of danger makes ..., you know, treating other people in Los Angeles or New York .. They've never really had a police o...
... national war museum to mark anti-Semitic events at home would detract from the sacrifice made by C... Lord, president of Toronto-based Gail Cultural Industries, is perhaps the world's most sought-aft... of speech; the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, a project of the Simon Weisenthal Centre; the Mus...
By looking at the case of Peruvian migration to Chile, this article explores some of the characteristics of the social reproduction of transnational families between two neighboring countries in the South. This article examines the role played by structural socio-economic conditions migrants live by in Chile in shaping their transnational family lives. It discusses how the labor and housing segmentations of migrants in Chile make family reunifications difficult so that geographical proximity between the two countries is not an enabling factor for the encounter of these families. It also examines some of the characteristics of this community of migrants in Chile, and how their class origin and gender help to understand the particular dynamics of these transnational families and the conju...
...Very often these events also interfere with the continuity and regularity ... and the influence of contextual socio-cultural and economic factors in shaping these dynamics. By... and Avila found among Latino women in Los Angeles (1997), motherhood for Peruvian migrant women now ...
...'s trips to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles had broadened the scope of the discussion from the... Aspers continued to win Martin over, other events overtook the museum project. Struggling to distanc..., "but if there ever were a Canadian cultural institution suited for a private-public partnershi...
.... The Downfall of Retailing . Three events marked the decline of the downtown malls. (4) The ... an active retailing, entertainment and cultural life. These "successful few" rely on their traditi...A greater Fort Worth for tomorrow. Los Angeles, CA: Victor Gruen and Associates. . West, D.M., an...
... and a number of different religions and cultural backgrounds have been considered important groups ... only heightened the scrutiny of prominent events. As the case with any parliament the government ha...The Concept of Representation. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967) 61. . (2.) ...
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