Intimacies, Critical Consumption and Diverse Economies

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Collective Action and Domestic Practices: England in the 1830s and 1840s....Pages 13-35
Buying the Ties That Bind: Consumption, Care and Intimate Investment among Transnational Households in Highland Ecuador....Pages 36-59
Interconnectivities and Material Agencies: Consumption, Fashion, and Intimacy in Zhu Tianwen’s ‘Fin-de-Siècle Splendor’....Pages 60-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
‘My Bedroom Is Me’: Young People, Private Space, Consumption and the Family Home....Pages 87-106
The Transgressive Potential of Families in Commercial Homes....Pages 107-125
Belonging in Difficult Family Circumstances: Emotions, Intimacies and Consumption....Pages 126-144
‘You’re Not Going Out Dressed Like That!’: Lessons in Fashion Consumption, Taste and Class....Pages 145-170
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Pretty Pants and Office Pants: Making Home, Identity and Belonging in a Workplace....Pages 173-196
Buying for Baby: How Middle-Class Mothers Negotiate Risk with Second-Hand Goods....Pages 197-215
The Hidden Lives of Domestic Things: Accumulations in Cupboards, Lofts, and Shelves....Pages 216-231
Back Matter....Pages 233-235