The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal

We propose the concept of "economy of consumption" as a way of examining the multiple effects of contemporary consumption. We present an interdisciplinary approach to the factors and social processes that have configured Puerto Rico as an economy of consumption. If one considers the specif...

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Main Author: Ortiz Negrón, Laura
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2007-11-01
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Online Access:http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/368/364
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description We propose the concept of "economy of consumption" as a way of examining the multiple effects of contemporary consumption. We present an interdisciplinary approach to the factors and social processes that have configured Puerto Rico as an economy of consumption. If one considers the specific ways in which modernization has affected the country, as well as the social transformations it has undergone in recent decades, one can take a contextual view of Puerto Rico as an economy of consumption. The transformations of capital and the inscription within consumption itself, as an order of signification, are the hermeneutic keys of this analysis.
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spellingShingle Ortiz Negrón, Laura
The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
Athenea Digital
Cultura
Consumo
Economía
Puerto Rico
Culture
Consumption
Economy
title The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
title_full The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
title_fullStr The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
title_full_unstemmed The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
title_short The economy of consumption as a socio-theoretical proposal
title_sort economy of consumption as a socio theoretical proposal
topic Cultura
Consumo
Economía
Puerto Rico
Culture
Consumption
Economy
url http://psicologiasocial.uab.es/athenea/index.php/atheneaDigital/article/view/368/364
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