Aesthetic Economies of Fashion: An Introduction

Autor(en)
Eva Flicker
Abstrakt

Aesthetic economies and the field of fashion have recourse to functional logics of art, mass media/social media and economics while creating own particularities. Intertwined relations between creators, producers, and consumers are imbedded in social structure and cultural and visual knowledge . Selective choices seemingly made by individuals refer to a bunch of social differences and inequalities, practices of distinction, needs to belonging and codes of communication. The increasing overflow of information in all societal aspects challenges selection processes for relevance in information economies and so attraction moves to a scarce and contested commodity. Within the economy of attraction it is the currency with which capital is constructed. The common basis is economic and cultural capital, social habitus and taste in diverse variation of prestige in different social classes.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Soziologie
Band
14
Seiten
22-29
Anzahl der Seiten
7
Publikationsdatum
2014
ÖFOS 2012
604004 Bildende Kunst, 604008 Design, 504001 Allgemeine Soziologie, 605004 Kulturwissenschaft
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/d034fef9-9399-4a52-a25e-3d8debc5f6f2