The world of goods : towards an anthropology of consumption : with a new introduction /
By: Douglas, Mary.
Contributor(s): Isherwood, Baron C.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Edition: [Rev. ed].Description: xxvii, 169 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0415130468; 9780415130462:; 0415130476 (pbk).Subject(s): Consumer goods -- Social aspects | Economic anthropology
| Consumers | Consumption (Economics) | Consumidores | Consumer behavior | Consumer behaviourDDC classification: 306.3 Summary: In this pioneering work, a leading anthropologist & an economist join forces to suggest that people use goods as a means of communicating with each other. This book illustrates the varied ways in which we use the "world of goods" to communicate.
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Previously published: New York : Basic Books, 1979.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-164) and index.
In this pioneering work, a leading anthropologist & an economist join forces to suggest that people use goods as a means of communicating with each other. This book illustrates the varied ways in which we use the "world of goods" to communicate.