SOCI 342 Chapter n/a: Consumption and Identity
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Daniel miller, the comfort of things, chapters 1-2, pp. 1-31. Explores role of objects in our relationships to each other and ourselves. Tend to assume a deluge of goods and shopping has two results. Every object in a room is equally a form by which they have chosen to express themselves, through gradual accumulation. Acknowledge and exploited the unprecedented nature of modern london. A feeling that there is an overall logic to pattern of relationships to both persons and things for which author uses word aesthetic 2 portraits designed around 2 aims: an experiment in learning how to read people through their possessions; and to help us appreciate the diversity and creativity of contemporary londoners. An experiment in learning how to read people through their possessions. To help us appreciate the diversity and creativity of contemporary. Empty house with no form of decoration; loss of shape, discernment and integrity.
