Encyclopedia post

Please define consumption using the assigned readings of Module 1 of the course in an encyclopedia-like article. You must attempt to synthesize the readings and put forth a multifaceted definition of consumption that reflects what you have read. The idea is to define consumption using concise and direct language that anyonenot only college studentscould read. You should strive to minimize the use of jargon and introduce technical terms in plain or previously defined language.

Your article should strive to offer a broad perspective of consumption rather than advocate a point of view. This assignment is to attempt to introduce those who may have no special knowledge of consumption to the main issues and arguments discussed in the readings assigned. The goal is to provide initial modes of insight and understanding. Clarity of substance and style should also be one of the most important goals.

This post must be 350-500 words in length and discuss at least 2 of the assigned readings.

If you believe you will be unable to complete this assignment in the time frame provided, it is your responsibility to contact the instructor immediately.

use any of these articles: Dunn, Robert G. Introduction. Identifying Consumption: Subjects and Objects in Consumer Society, Temple University Press, 2008.Preview the document
Godfray, H Charles J, et al. Meat Consumption, Health, and the Environment. Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 361, no. 6399, p. 1-8.Preview the document
Graeber, David. Consumption. Current Anthropology, vol. 52, no. 4, 2011, pp. 489511.Preview the document
Magdoff, Fred and Foster, John Bellamy. The Growth Imperative of Capitalism. What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism, Monthly Review Press, 2011.Preview the document
Marx, Karl. The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, Vol. 1. Trans. Ben Fowkes. Harmondsworth: Penguin & New Left Review, 1976, pp. 163-177.Preview the document
Moore, Jason W. and Patel, Raj. Introduction. A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, University of California Press, 2017.Preview the document
Storey, John. Why We ConsumePreview the document and Consumption and Identities.Preview the document Theories of consumption. New York: Routledge, 2017, pp. 1-19 and pp. 87-103.
Warde, Alan. Sustainable Consumption: Practices, Habits and Politics. Consumption: A Sociological Analysis. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.Preview the document
Zehner, Ozzie. Improving Consumption. Green Illusion, University of Nebraska Press, 2012.Preview the document