The fool, the hero and the sage: narratives of non-consumption as role distance from an urban consumer-self

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The fool, the hero and the sage: narratives of non-consumption as role distance from an urban consumer-self

One fruitful perspective with which to think differently about the consuming subject in affluent capitalist societies can be found in the field of non-consumption. Whilst ‘choices’ not to buy, own and use are often tacit in analyses of social class dynamics, identity expression, and consumer resista...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nixon, Elizabeth
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2018
Subjects:	Goffman imago narrative non-consumption role distance shopping
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51087/

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