Rituals and Meanings

The Culture of Consumption in Contemporary Society

Authors

  • Nathan Rodrigues Pereira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG
  • Juliana Cristina Franz Universidade Federal do Rio Grande - FURG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23899/cfeexk09

Keywords:

Consumption, Culture of consumption, Consumer society

Abstract

In this text, I aim to develop some ideas about the culture of consumption, from its beginnings during the Industrial Revolution, starting with the framework of the capitalist system and the liberal market. The purpose of this text is to analyze the concept and history of the culture of consumption, also addressing the meaning that consumer goods bring to individuals, their rituals with certain possessions, and aiming to understand how a consumer is manipulated into adopting this type of consumerist mindset through the intervention of advertising and digital marketing, which in modern times shapes the consumer's mind. To this end, a theoretical framework analysis on the culture of consumption was conducted with the help of authors McCracken (2007), Barbosa (2004), Slater (2001), and Taschner (1996), who seek to analyze and understand the culture and society of consumption.

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Published

2025-05-14

Issue

Section

Dossiê - Convergências Multidisciplinares nas Ciências Humanas: Novos Paradigmas para um Mundo em Transformação

How to Cite

Rituals and Meanings: The Culture of Consumption in Contemporary Society. (2025). RELACult - Revista Latino-Americana De Estudos Em Cultura E Sociedade, 11. https://doi.org/10.23899/cfeexk09