With a novel quality theory of consumption which treats opulence and self-restraint in consumption styles symmetrically, Ernst Mohr shows how social distance and proximity are communicated by consumption and produced by communication. He positions fringe styles with those of the…
Das deutsche Wort »Kitsch« ist in den 1940er Jahren zu einem internationalen Begriff geworden, dessen Bedeutung zwischen ideologiekritischer Ablehnung und postmoderner Affirmation oszilliert. Doch meint das Schlagwort in unterschiedlichen nationalen Disku. In the 1940s, the Ger…
How do the US make sense of their own elite educational system, given that it seems to be at odds with core American values, such as equality of opportunity or upward mobility? Sophie Spieler explores scholarly and journalistic investigations, self-representational texts, and fi…