The fool, the hero, and the sage: narratives of non-consumption as role distance from an urban consumer-self
(2018)
Journal Article
Nixon, E. (2020). The fool, the hero, and the sage: narratives of non-consumption as role distance from an urban consumer-self. Consumption, Markets and Culture, 20(1), 44-60. https://doi.org/10.1080/10253866.2018.1467317
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 d... Read More about The fool, the hero, and the sage: narratives of non-consumption as role distance from an urban consumer-self.