Capitalism, Consumption and the Problem of Motives: Some Issues in the Understanding of Conduct as Illustrated by an Examination of the Treatment of Motive and Meaning in the Works of Weber and Veblen
p. 23
Consuming Interests
p. 47
Style and Ontology
p. 71
Consumer Goods as Dialogue about Development: Colonial Time and Television Time in Belize
p. 97
Beyond Consumption: Meat, Sociality, Vitality and Hierarchy in Nineteenth Century Chile
p. 119
The Material Culture of Success Ideals and Life Cycles in Cameroon
p. 147
The Political Economy of Elegance: An African Cult of Beauty
p. 167
Strategies of Centredness in Papua New Guinea
p. 189
Leisure, Boredom, and Luxury Consumerism: The Lineage Mode of Consumption in a Central African Society
p. 207
Index
p. 233
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