Second-Hand Cultures

by Nicky Gregson and Louise Crewe

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Author(s)

Nicky Gregson, Louise Crewe

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2003

Scope

256 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.

ISBN

9781859736777

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Drawing on six years of original research, Second-Hand Cultures explores what happens when the often contradictory motivations behind style and survival strategies are brought together. What does second hand buying and selling tell us about the state of contemporary consumption? How do items that begin life as new get recycled and reclaimed? How do second hand goods challenge the future of retail consumption and what do the unique shopping environments in which they are found tell us about the social relations of exchange? Answering these questions and many more, this book fills a major gap in consumption studies.

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Keywords

ecology , sustainist architecture

Location

Cabinet 18 - 2: Duurzaam bouwen

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.