Extending objects’ lifespan, a distinctive practice? Consumption and class boundaries in affluent households (notice n° 583231)
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| Personal name | Ginsburger, Maël |
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| Title | Extending objects’ lifespan, a distinctive practice? Consumption and class boundaries in affluent households |
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| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2023.<br/> |
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| Summary, etc. | The consumption of conspicuous goods and services has been widely studied in relation to the dynamics of status affirmation in the upper classes. However, ordinary consumption practices also favour the strengthening of class boundaries and may help in identifying complex mechanisms of social distinction. This article studies the ways in which practices aimed at extending durable goods’ lifespan contribute, within well-off households, to renewed forms of social distinction vis-à-vis other households (from the working classes but also from the upper classes). We employ Michèle Lamont’s notion of “symbolic boundaries” to study the interaction between several distinctive repertoires. Relying on statistical data and interviews, we show that the practice of extending objects’ lifespan remains associated with poverty, both statistically and in qualitative representations. We then show how the presence of such practices among well-off households comes with an ambivalent positioning across the socioeconomic boundary. However, these practices serve as a support for the affirmation of other symbolic boundaries –ethical, technical, and aesthetic– and contribute to creating an identity as members of an anti-consumerist elite. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | upper classes |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | durable goods |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Consumption |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | symbolic boundaries |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | mixed methods |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | upper classes |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | durable goods |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Consumption |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | symbolic boundaries |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | mixed methods |
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| Personal name | Madon, Julie |
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| Note | Sociologie | 14 | 1 | 2023-03-02 | p. 29-48 | 2108-8845 |
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