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Sociology of Consumption and Fashion

Sociology of Consumption and Fashion

Code	16428
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	5
Workload	T(30H)/TP(15H)
Scientific area	Social and Human Sciences
Entry requirements	no requirements
Learning outcomes	1.Discuss and analyze the importance/centrality that consumption acquires in contemporary societies; 2. Address the various manifestations of consumption and their social meanings; 3. To put into practice analysis and critical thinking in relation to the social phenomena associated with consumption and fashion. At the end of this course, students should be able to identify the main characteristics of the consumer society, to know and interpret the main contemporary sociological theories about mass consumption and the phenomenon of fashion and to discuss the social impacts of fashion and consumption.
Syllabus	1. Epistemological introduction 1.1 The contribution of Psychology and Sociology to the understanding of contemporary societies 1.2 Consumption and fashion as objects of study 2. Fashion in the context of modernity 2. 1. Clothing as a reflection of identity 2.2 The fashion industry 3. Consumer societies 3.1 Consumers and buyers 3.2 Shopping as an (exorcism) ritual 3.3 Fashions and lifestyles 4. Behaviors and identities 4.1 The formation of social identity 4.2 Patterns of behavior 4.3 Deviant behaviors 4.3.1 Fashion and anti-fashion.
Main Bibliography	Alison Lurie, The language of clothes, Owl Books, 2000 Anne Hollander (1979), Seeing Through Clothes, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1997 Anne Hollander, Sex and Suits, Alfred A.Knopf, NY, 1994 Anthony Giddens, Modernidade e identidade pessoal, Celta editora, Oeiras, 1994. Anthony Giddens, Sociologia, FCG, Lisboa, 2010 (8ªedição) António Firmino da Costa, Sociologia, «O que é», Quimera, Lisboa, 2001 Charles Baudelaire, A invenção da modernidade, Relógio d’água (trad.Pedro Támen), 2006 Christopher Breward, The culture of fashion: a new history of fashionable dress (Studies in design and material culture), Manchester Univ. Press, 1995 Cristina L. Duarte, Ana Salazar – Uma Biografia Ilustrada, Temas e Debates, Lisboa, 2002 Cristina L. Duarte, 15 histórias de hábitos – criadores de moda em Portugal, Quimera, 2003 Cristina L. Duarte, Moda, «O Que É», Quimera, Lisboa, 2004 Cristina L. Duarte, Moda Portuguesa, CTT, Lisboa, 2006
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Teaching method: Theoretical-practical sessions, with tutorial guidance, for group and/or individual work, that is, monitoring and evaluation of the projects under development by the students. Whether they are practical cases or essays in development, they provide real experiences of research or sociological intervention and encourage participation and debate on cross-cutting themes and issues in the class. For evaluation purposes, the work proposed by the groups will be the subject of a final presentation.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.