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taplin ian malcolm - the evolution of luxury

The Evolution of Luxury




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Genere:Libro
Lingua: Inglese
Editore:

Routledge

Pubblicazione: 09/2019
Edizione: 1° edizione





Note Editore

This book offers a unique analysis of how our definitions of luxury have changed over the ages, and with that the role and actions of both suppliers and buyers of luxury products. It traces the way luxury was seen as avarice and emblematic of morally corrosive behavior in past societies, to being viewed in more virtuous terms as the inevitable outcome of structural changes that legitimize the acquisition and display of wealth. It examines the origins of the shift from criticism to acceptance, and traces these changes to fundamentally different notions of what constitutes the basis for social order. Whereas pre-industrial hierarchies cloaked inequality in various secular and sacred guises to mitigate its presence, capitalism justified and reified inequality as a measure of individual success and initiative through interdependent market behavior. The result of this transformation is that status markers have become aspirational tools as hierarchies became porous and self-identity less ascriptive. Correspondingly, as demand for luxury became legitimized, the supply side underwent dramatic changes. Such changes are explored fully in the sectors of fashion, art and wine. As demand for high priced and scarce goods in each of these sectors has increased, in each case key actors have manipulated markets to purposefully either consolidate their pre-eminence or manufacture the requisite scarcity that affords them canonical status. The demand for and supply of luxury goods is now global; consumers seeking validation and affirmation of their status whilst producers engineer scarcity. Luxury is seen not only as good; it is virtuous, its demand possibly insatiable and extremely profitable.




Sommario

List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Luxury fashion Market for art Fine wine Individuals, organizations and globalization 2. Luxury in historical context Luxury as vice Christianity and luxury Money, markets and morality The advent of capitalism 3. Industrialism, materialism and the birth of a consumer society Culture of consumption Industrialism Home as domestic refuge and emblem of success The dawn of mass consumption Conclusion: Reconciling old and new 4. Mass production, mass consumption and new consumers of luxury Mass production and mass consumption come of age More money for workers to buy things Selling the acquisitive lifestyle Rethinking status Inequality and materialism What are people buying? 5. At Home in the Fields of Luxury: From artisan production to global brands Luxury branding Luxury goods firms The business of fashion Consolidation and growth 6. Art: From aesthetics to investment grade collateral Art’s changing role Market intermediaries: Auction houses and dealers Modern art and the new marketplace Revitalized auction houses and dealers become galleries Is art a good investment? Conclusion 7. Fine wine: Creating luxury in a bottle Evaluating wine Wine’s early history Quality control California’s early wine history Napa’s rebirth Cult Napa: luxury wines from the new world Conclusion 8. Conclusion: Pilgrims on the luxury road Bibliography Index




Autore

Ian Malcolm Taplin is Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Wake Forest University and Visiting Professor at Kedge Business School, Bordeaux. He is the author of numerous articles and books on the organization of work in the clothing industry and the evolving structure of markets in the wine industry in Napa California, North Carolina and Bordeaux. He is the North American Editor of the Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management.










Altre Informazioni

ISBN:

9780367351229

Condizione: Nuovo
Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 0.60 lb
Formato: Brossura
Illustration Notes:2 tables
Pagine Arabe: 172
Pagine Romane: x


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