Tuesday, Nov. 11
Topics: global super-rich, consumption, and mobility
Read:
- Featherstone, “The Rich and the Super-rich: Mobility, Consumption and Luxury Lifestyles,” in Nita Mathur (ed.), Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2014. [DOWNLOAD]
- Chrystia Freeland, “The Rise of the New Global Elite,” The Atlantic, Jan. 4, 2011.
Thursday, Nov. 13
Topics: consumption and identity in “emerging markets”
Read:
- Alexander Edmonds, “’The poor have the right to be beautiful’: cosmetic surgery in neoliberal Brazil” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 2007, Vol. 13. [DOWNLOAD]
- Shehzad Nadeem, “Fair and anxious: on mimicry and skin-lightening in India,” Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation, and Culture, 2014. [DOWNLOAD]
Videos and images viewed in class
– “Real Housewives” opening credits from around the world:
- Orange County – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=681oXoG0XBY
- Athens – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_HRu3swHjI
- Israel – http://youtu.be/5IUkUiZjNe8?list=PLnJeNgjoOFrtcMp0QU7URzL8QHHeWgpGJ
- France – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY9TlVJiWfw
– Vice guide to Caribbean fashion week; segment on skim bleaching in Jamaica (7:00-15:45) – http://www.vice.com/video/caribbean-fashion-week-part-3
– NPR, “Plastic Rebirth” multimedia slideshow on plastic sugery in Brazil – http://apps.npr.org/lookatthis/posts/plastic/