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136 - Thematic Session. Consumption in Hard Times
Sat, August 16, 4:30 to 6:10pm, TBASession Submission Type: Invited Session
Abstract
The economic turbulence of the last decade has placed large numbers of individuals and families under severe economic strain. This has had ramifications across all areas of consumption, ranging from daily activities (such as food purchases) to infrequent ones (such as home purchases). This panel addresses analyzes a wide variety of consumption practices as they play out in “hard times,” focusing, in particular, on the meanings that imbue these practices. It also thematizes the changing ways that consumption mediates relations of inequality.
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Shopping for Change? A Socioeconomic Analysis of Food Consumption - Shyon S. Baumann, University of Toronto; Josee Johnston, University of Toronto; Athena Engman, University of Toronto
Consumer Expenditure, Savings, or Investment? Classifying Mortgages in Crisis - Jane R. Zavisca, University of Arizona; Brent White, University of Arizona
Consumption Fluctuation Patterns among EITC Recipients: How and Why Families Consume - Kathryn J. Edin, Harvard University; Sarah Halpern-Meekin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Jennifer Sykes, Michigan State University; Ruby Mendenhall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mesocosms of Social Inequality: Consuming New York City Neighborhoods - Sharon Zukin, City University of New York-Brooklyn College and Graduate Center