CMNS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Talcott Parsons, Industrial Revolution, Planned Obsolescence
14 Oct 2018
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Andy warhol: represents convenience consumption, saw american culture as being ridiculed. What underlies the rise of consumption: change in working conditions and the rise of fordism, the factory line, the mechanization of labour, and a new repetitiveness. 2: the souper dress it was a sign of status if women bought the stress, it normalized disposable items and the idea of (cid:1445)buying something and wearing it once, and then throwing it away. (cid:1446) 3: fordism is a regime of accumulation, it"s a way of thinking about consumption and production with the goal of increasing profit, what we do as workers to satisfy our needs impacts our everyday life (reshaped economic life) Style & identity: fashion is a way to become visible and differentiate yourself, style is a way to escape and express yourself, dream of wholeness to be seen and documented.
