Dear All,
Thematic Symposium abstract:
We will accept papers that analyse how gender shapes practices and discourses on consumption and is intersected by variables, such as social class, race/ethnicity, age, among others. We also propose a critical view of stereotypes and representations that surface from consumption practices and discourses.
We proudly invite you to participate in the Thematic Symposium 019 - "Consumption and Gender: problematizing discourses and practices", that will take place during the International Seminar Fazendo Gênero 10 - Desafios Atuais dos Feminismo (Doing Gender 10 - Current Challenges of Feminisms), in Florianópolis, Brazil, 16 to 20 of September of 2013.
You can submit your paper until March, 20th.
For more information: http://www.en.fazendogenero.
Several studies from different approaches and conceptions based on common sense consider women as “consumption experts”. Besides, different perceptions and understandings about the male and female role in consumption may be observed nowadays. There are also studies that take housekeeping and consumption as part of women’s domestic work, that are invisible in the everyday life.
These different approaches reveal not only gender perspectives but also stereotypes and assymetries that associate female and male with some activities and practices, with more or less social prestige.
Generally speaking, consumption are getting increasingly more relevant in academic, political and social spheres due to its recognized implications in the environment and the future of the planet. Discussions about the systems of production, consumption and discard of goods and services tend to understand the consumers as responsible, in their daily decisions, for issues that go beyond the simple satisfaction of their families needs. These reflections from the perspective of both environment and gender make clear the political dimensions of consumption and its role in social changes.
Studies of consumption practices and discourses also grow in relevance since they are part of broader social relations. They are linked to other realms of human experience permeated by gender conceptions, gender relations, social class, race and ethnicity, age, among many other variables. In this sense, diverse forms of consumption are part of the domestic arrangements, kinship relations, processes of individual and group identification. In other words, consumption is part of the everyday life.
This Thematic Symposium aims to bring together papers that problematize the relations between consumption and gender, in various modalities: food, clothing, transport, leisure activities, technologies, media images, etc These different approaches reveal not only gender perspectives but also stereotypes and assymetries that associate female and male with some activities and practices, with more or less social prestige.
Generally speaking, consumption are getting increasingly more relevant in academic, political and social spheres due to its recognized implications in the environment and the future of the planet. Discussions about the systems of production, consumption and discard of goods and services tend to understand the consumers as responsible, in their daily decisions, for issues that go beyond the simple satisfaction of their families needs. These reflections from the perspective of both environment and gender make clear the political dimensions of consumption and its role in social changes.
Studies of consumption practices and discourses also grow in relevance since they are part of broader social relations. They are linked to other realms of human experience permeated by gender conceptions, gender relations, social class, race and ethnicity, age, among many other variables. In this sense, diverse forms of consumption are part of the domestic arrangements, kinship relations, processes of individual and group identification. In other words, consumption is part of the everyday life.
We will accept papers that analyse how gender shapes practices and discourses on consumption and is intersected by variables, such as social class, race/ethnicity, age, among others. We also propose a critical view of stereotypes and representations that surface from consumption practices and discourses.
We are looking forward to your submission!
Best regards
Eu e Viviane Kraieski
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