Shopping
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077095 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mile (0000-0002-3317-1151, Manchester Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Steven Miles |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss113.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4244436700 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Shopping is sociologically significant because on the surface it appears to be such a trivial activity. It is through shopping that we construct our “consumer selves” and thus play out the everyday relationship between structure and agency. Shopping is thus an ideological activity, as perhaps best demonstrated by the rise of the shopping mall in which the divisive nature of the consumer society is camouflaged. The way in which shopping has changed, in relation to gender, for example, provides further evidence of the role shopping plays as a mirror to social change. The rise of Internet shopping and the associated decline of bricks and mortar retail further highlights how our shopping habits reflect key elements of our identities. Shopping thus represents one of the key social arenas in which the power of consumer capitalism is maintained and reinforced
Advertising · Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Art · Business · Capitalism · Construct (python library · Consumer society · Consumption (sociology · Economics · Ideology · Key (lock · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Relation (database · Shopping mall · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Consumer Retail Behavior Studies · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |