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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCurrid-Halkett, Elizabeth
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Sum of Small Things :
_bA Theory of the Aspirational Class /
_cElizabeth Currid-Halkett.
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2017]
264 4 _c©2017
300 _a1 online resource (272 p.) :
_b10 line illus. 18 tables.
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1 The Twenty-first- Century "Leisure" Class --
_t2 Conspicuous Consumption in the Twenty-first Century --
_t3 Ballet Slippers and Yale Tuition: Inconspicuous Consumption and the New Elites --
_t4 Motherhood as Conspicuous Leisure in the Twenty-first Century --
_t5 Conspicuous Production --
_t6 Landscapes of Consumption --
_t7 "To Get Rich Is Glorious"? The State of Consumption and Class in America --
_tAppendix --
_tNotes --
_tReferences --
_tIndex
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520 _aHow the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us allIn today's world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket, these individuals earnestly buy organic, carry NPR tote bags, and breast-feed their babies. They care about discreet, inconspicuous consumption-like eating free-range chicken and heirloom tomatoes, wearing organic cotton shirts and TOMS shoes, and listening to the Serial podcast. They use their purchasing power to hire nannies and housekeepers, to cultivate their children's growth, and to practice yoga and Pilates. In The Sum of Small Things, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society "the aspirational class" and discusses how, through deft decisions about education, health, parenting, and retirement, the aspirational class reproduces wealth and upward mobility, deepening the ever-wider class divide.Exploring the rise of the aspirational class, Currid-Halkett considers how much has changed since the 1899 publication of Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class. In that inflammatory classic, which coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption," Veblen described upper-class frivolities: men who used walking sticks for show, and women who bought silver flatware despite the effectiveness of cheaper aluminum utensils. Now, Currid-Halkett argues, the power of material goods as symbols of social position has diminished due to their accessibility. As a result, the aspirational class has altered its consumer habits away from overt materialism to more subtle expenditures that reveal status and knowledge. And these transformations influence how we all make choices.With a rich narrative and extensive interviews and research, The Sum of Small Things illustrates how cultural capital leads to lifestyle shifts and what this forecasts, not just for the aspirational class but for everyone.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aLeisure class.
650 0 _aLifestyles.
650 0 _aSocial classes.
650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
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