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dc.contributor.convenorSelvaraj Velayutham
dc.contributor.authorWoodward, Ian
dc.contributor.authorHourigan, Sally
dc.contributor.editorS. Velayutham, N. Ebert and S. Watkins
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:07:11Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:07:11Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-03-11T05:52:56Z
dc.identifier.refurihttp://www.soc.mq.edu.au/tasa-conference/
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/37157
dc.description.abstractShopping has been an emblematic and often decisive social practice for theoretical interpretations of authenticity, lifestyle and commodification in both modern and postmodern conceptions of consumption. The history, politics and indeed mythologies of consumption have frequently been examined through conceptual frames which focus on shopping spaces such as the arcade, the shopping mall and even the airport terminal or cruise liner, and through shopping-oriented social types such as the fl⮥ur or the shopper zombie. Though consumption studies has to a large extent moved away from the shopping mall and its disputed affects to questions of objects and networked systems of consumption practices, an important reality of contemporary consumer culture remains the fact that shopping is a significant leisure activity for many people. In part, this is because such shopping combines search, acquisition and purchase with the apparent pleasures of sociality associated with drifting through shopping spaces. In this paper we draw upon quantitative evidence from a representative sample of Australian citizens to explore patterns of recreational shopping engagement. Our data illustrates the characteristics of recreational shopping in the context of the usual social survey variables, as well as relevant theoretical questions of desire, sociality, anxiety, ethics and self-identity.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMacquarie University
dc.publisher.placeSydney
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.soc.mq.edu.au/tasa-conference/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameThe Annual Conference of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleSocial Causes, Private Lives
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2010-12-06
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2010-12-09
dc.relation.ispartoflocationMacquarie University, North Ryde, Sydney
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160801
dc.titleAn Exploration of Orientations, Practices and Attitudes Toward Shopping in Australia
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 2010. The attached file is reproduced here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to TASA website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued2010
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gro.griffith.authorHourigan, Sally
gro.griffith.authorWoodward, Ian S.


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