Capitalism
An Ethnographic Approach
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-85973-128-4 (ISBN)
Description
This provocative book challenges many of our ingrained assumptions about the direction of contemporary capitalism and offers fresh perspectives that will inform the development of a new and relevant political economy for our times. The complex and often contradictory world within which modern commodities are produced, sold and consumed is set within the larger context of transnational business and economic developments. The importance of factors such as profitability and globalization is highlighted, and a sophisticated analysis of the contradictions and ironies of the world of modern commodities emerges. Trinidad provides an ideal setting for this study, given its recent oil boom and recession and the subsequent experience of both wealth and poverty.
Reviews / Votes
An important contribution to the anthropology of capitalism. It succeeds in telling a fascinating, if not unique, story about the culture of capitalism in Trinidad and points to several topics where future research is required. The book will be of interest to students of economic and cultural anthropology, global studies, critical theory, and Caribbean studies. American Anthropologist Miller offers a challenging assessment of the direction of contemporary capitalism. The Front Table Capitalism is full of insights, observations, and practical (as opposed to abstract) theory. It is a book which makes us think, a book that is relevant to the world in which almost all anthropologists now live. [...] Anthropology needs more books like this. The Australian Journal of AnthropologyMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85973-128-4 (9781859731284)
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Person
Daniel Miller Professor of Anthropology,University College London. Recent books include 'A Theory of Shopping', 'The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach' (with Don Slater) and Ed. 'Car Cultures'.
Content
Capitalism, ethnography and Trinidad; pure capitalism; the local-"global" and the global-"local" companies; the ethnography of brands - the Trinidadian sweet drink industry; the production of advertising; the content and consumption of advertisements; retail and shopping; consumption and capitalism.