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The social psychology of material possessions : to have is to be / Helga Dittmar
Bib ID 656133
Format BookBook
Author
Dittmar, Helga
 
Description Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire : Harvester Wheatsheaf ; New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 1992. 
xi, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0745009557  0745009565 (pbk)  0312085389 
Full contents
  • 1. To have is to be: is that the question?
  • 2. Biological accounts of possessions and property: The 'acquisitive instinct' past and present
  • 3. The individual-centred approach: Material possessions as parts of the extended self
  • 4. A social constructionist perspective: Possessions as material symbols of identity
  • 5. Possessions as symbolic expressions of identity
  • 6. Material possessions as reflections of identity: Gender, social-material status and social groups
  • 7. Fine feathers make fine birds: The impact of material context on perceived identity
  • 8. The current Western conception of identity: The materialism-idealism paradox.
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-238)) and indexes.

Subjects Property - Social aspects.  |  Property - Psychological aspects.  |  Acquisitiveness.  |  Identity (Psychology)

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