Living It Up - Our Love Affair With Luxury (FIRST EDITION)
por James B. Twitchell
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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Luxury isn't just for the rich, says James B. Twitchell. Today you don't need a six-figure income to wear pashmina, drink a limited-edition coffee at Starbucks, or drive a Mercedes home to collapse on the couch in front of a flat-screen plasma TV. In Living It Up, sharp-eyed consumer anthropologist Twitchell takes a witty and insightful look at luxury -- what it is, who defines it, and why we can't seem to get enough of it. In recent years, says Twitchell, luxury spending has grown much faster than overall spending -- and it continues to grow despite the economic recession. Luxury has become such a powerful marketing force that it cuts across every layer of society, spawning a magazine devoted to spas, cashmere bedspreads on sale at Kmart, and a dazzling array of bottled waters. Twitchell says that the democratization of luxury has had a unifying effect on culture. Luxury items tell a story that we want to identify with, and more people than ever aspire to the story of Ralph Lauren's Polo or Patek Philippe. Shopping itself is no longer a chore but a transcendent experience in which we shop not so much for goods as for an identity. Sharply observed and wickedly funny, Living It Up is a revealing and entertaining examination of why we are all part of the cult of luxury.
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- Livreiro
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 073412
- Título
- Living It Up - Our Love Affair With Luxury (FIRST EDITION)
- Autor
- James B. Twitchell
- Ilustrador
- Black and White Illustrations
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- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Near Fine
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- FIRST EDITION
- Editorial
- Columbia University Press
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 2001
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palavras-chave
- Affluence; Socialogy; Social Science; Marketing; Luxuries; Opulence; Advertising; Materialism in America
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