Gender, class, emotional capital and consumption in family life

Silva, Elizabeth (2007). Gender, class, emotional capital and consumption in family life. In: Casey, Emma and Martens, Lydia eds. Gender and Consumption: Domestic Cultures and the Commercialisation of Everyday Life. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 141–162.

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Abstract

Chapter offers ethnographic insights into the development of the self and identity through conusmption practices in the home. Focusing on gender and class the author shows how through a combination of economic, social, cultural and emotional capital, identiy and family consumption are inextricably bound.

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• Item ORO ID
• 26536
• Item Type
• Book Section
• ISBN
• 0-7546-4386-7, 978-0-7546-4386-9
• Keywords
• gender; consumption; family life; cultural capital; emotional capital
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies > Sociology
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Social Sciences and Global Studies
  Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2007 Emma Casey and Lydia Martens
• Related URLs
• • http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cab5b...(Other)
• Depositing User
• Elizabeth Silva