Coffee Breaks and Coffee Connections: The Lived Experience of a Commodity in Tanzanian and European Worlds

Authors

Brad Weiss, College of William and MaryFollow

Files

Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

Anthropology

Publication Date

6-2001

Book Title

Consumption: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Editor

Daniel Miller

Volume

2

First Page

38

Last Page

51

Abstract

These volumes comprise the most extensive guide to past and current research on the topic of consumption ever created. Ranging from the classic discussions of a century and more ago to the latest evidence for the diversity of consumption as it is actually practiced, this set is an essential foundation for one of the most rapidly growing areas of contemporary academic study.

The contents are highly inter-disciplinary, with approaches ranging from anthropology and media studies, to geography and business studies. Each discipline provides its own theories, perspectives and methodologies for studying this topic. These volumes also make use of the rapid increase in studies of actual consumption across the globe, with examples from China, Japan, India and South America.

ISBN

978-0415242707

Recommended Citation

Weiss, B. (2001). Coffee Breaks and Coffee Connections: The Lived Experience of a Commodity in Tanzanian and European Worlds. Daniel Miller (Ed.), Consumption: Critical Concepts in the Social Sciences (pp. 38-51). Routledge. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/asbookchapters/64