Esthetics and Tastes, Part II
Effects of Personality, Class, and Expertise
Published on 19. July 2025
Book
Hardback
380 pages
978-1-63651-538-0 (ISBN)
Description
Esthetics and Tastes, Part II: Effects of Personality, Class, and Expertise by Morris B. Holbrook expands on the complex relationships between consumer preferences and their personal characteristics. This book explores how personality traits, social class, and levels of expertise influence aesthetic tastes and the consumption of art, entertainment, and luxury goods. Holbrook integrates psychological and sociological perspectives to reveal how these factors shape individual and collective preferences.
By examining the role of identity and social positioning, this book provides critical insights into how marketers can tailor their strategies to different consumer segments. It challenges traditional models of consumer behavior, highlighting the nuances of personal and social factors in shaping tastes. Holbrook's unique approach encourages a deeper understanding of the subtleties in consumer preferences, making this book an invaluable resource for those seeking to refine their marketing strategies and improve consumer engagement.
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Language
English
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63651-538-0 (9781636515380)
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Morris B. Holbrook is the now-retired W. T. Dillard Professor Emeritus of Marketing, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York City. Holbrook received his Bachelor's Degree from Harvard College (English Literature) in 1965, his MBA from Columbia University in 1967, and his Ph.D. in Marketing from Columbia University in 1975. From 1975 to 2009, he taught courses at the Columbia Business School in areas such as sales management, marketing strategy, research methods, consumer behavior, and commercial communication in the culture of consumption. His research has covered a wide variety of topics in marketing, consumer behavior, and related areas with a special focus on issues concerning communication in general and aesthetics, semiotics, hermeneutics, art, entertainment, music, jazz, motion pictures, nostalgia, animal companions, and stereography in particular. His recent books and monographs include Postmodern Consumer Research: The Study of Consumption as Text (with Elizabeth C. Hirschman, SAGE, 1992); Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise: The Price Is Right (1993); The Semiotics of Consumption: Interpreting Symbolic Consumer Behavior in Popular Culture and Works of Art (with Elizabeth C. Hirschman, 1993); Consumer Research: Introspective Essays on the Study of Consumption (SAGE, 1995); Consumer Value: A Framework for Analysis and Research (edited, 1999); Playing the Changes on the Jazz Metaphor: An Expanded Conceptualization of Music, Management, and Marketing-Related Themes (2007); Music, Movies, Meanings, and Markets: Cinemajazzamatazz (2011) and Consumer Behavior: New Essays on the Study of Consumption (2025). He lives with his wife Sally on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where he pursues hobbies such as playing the piano and vibraphone, attending jazz and classical concerts, going to movies and the theater, collecting musical recordings, making stereographic photos, watching sunsets, taking long walks, window shopping, and being kind to cats.