Description
Drawing on sociology, psychology, economics, and cultural history, this ambitious work explores how the pursuit of status shapes individual behavior and the societies we build. It examines the forces behind creativity, fashion, taste, and cultural appropriation, showing how people adopt, transform, and spread ideas across communities and borders. Organized around status, cultural production, and cultural change, the book offers a sweeping theory of why human beings do what they do—and how globalization accelerates the movement of styles and meanings. Insightful and wide-ranging, it invites readers to see everyday culture as a dynamic system driven by aspiration, imitation, and social connection.
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paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2022
ISBN: 9780593296707
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First Published
2022
Language
eng
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