Download or read book Consumption and Identity written by Jonathan Friedman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2004. Studies in Anthropology and History is a series that will develop new theoretical perspectives, and combine comparative and ethnographic studies with historical research. Volume fifteen and this is about the relation between consumption and broader cultural strategies. The papers are the product of a workshop organized in Denmark under the aegis of the Center for Research in the Humanities which took place in 1989. While the majority of participants were anthropologists, there were also sociologists and historians present.