{"product_id":"status-and-culture-how-our-desire-for-social-rank-creates-taste-identity-art-fashion-and-constant-change-hardcover","title":"Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. David Marx\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Subtly altered how I see the world.\" --Michelle Goldberg, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eStatus and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e] consistently posits theories I'd never previously considered that instantly feel obvious.\" --Chuck Klosterman, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nineties\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Why are you the way that you are? \u003ci\u003eStatus and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e explains nearly everything about the things you choose to be--and how the society we live in takes shape in the process.\" --B.J. Novak, writer and actor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSolving the long-standing mysteries of culture--from the origin of our tastes and identities, to the perpetual cycles of fashions and fads--through a careful exploration of the fundamental human desire for status \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll humans share a need to secure their social standing, and this universal motivation structures our behavior, forms our tastes, determines how we live, and ultimately shapes who we are. We can use status, then, to explain why some things become \"cool,\" how stylistic innovations arise, and why there are constant changes in clothing, music, food, sports, slang, travel, hairstyles, and even dog breeds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStatus and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, W. David Marx weaves together the wisdom from history, psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, philosophy, linguistics, semiotics, cultural theory, literary theory, art history, media studies, and neuroscience to demonstrate exactly how individual status seeking creates our cultural ecosystem. Marx examines three fundamental questions: Why do individuals cluster around arbitrary behaviors and take deep meaning from them? How do distinct styles, conventions, and sensibilities emerge? Why do we change behaviors over time and why do some behaviors stick around? The answers then provide new perspectives for understanding the seeming \"weightlessness\" of internet culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eStatus and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will appeal to business people, students, creators, and anyone who has ever wondered why things become popular, why their own preferences change over time, and how identity plays out in contemporary society. Readers of this book will walk away with deep and lasting knowledge of the often secret rules of how culture really works.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. David Marx\u003c\/b\u003e is a longtime writer on culture based in Tokyo and the author of \u003ci\u003eAmetora: How Japan Saved American Style\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopeye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVox\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52042924622125,"sku":"9780593296707","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/status-and-culture-how-our-desire-for-social-rank-creates-taste-identity-art-fashion-and-constant-change-hardcover-4859245.webp?v=1780171387","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/status-and-culture-how-our-desire-for-social-rank-creates-taste-identity-art-fashion-and-constant-change-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}