Sociology 2172A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Political Question, Parasitism, Symbolic Power
20 Nov 2016
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Mediated society is also consumer society social practices and relationships are interwoven with shopping and consumption resulting in making everyday things into something special christmas. The marxist perspective on production and consumption consumption for marx he saw the inseparable relations between consumption and production at 3 levels : production is also immediately consumption (vice versa) Worker becomes a passive victim of consumption when the exchange values of money and commodities are offered as rewards. Marx terms consumption as alienation critical theorists emphasize false consciousness. Conspicuous consumption slants towards wastefulness and idleness: he also looked into gender and how women are owned and commodified while production and consumption divided along gender lines. Gendered sphere because women gained their own separate sphere" and undertook shopping tasks. Consumption was seen as indulging and cannot be taken seriously. Wife"s buying power demonstrated the wealth and status of the male counterparts.
