Vol. 6, No. 2, May 2004 ASA Consumption Sessions There were many good submissions from which 3 sessions totaling 14 papers in all were chosen. These represent an interesting mix of perspectives and approaches being brought to the study of consumers, commodities and consumption. Check the ASA schedule for other papers and sessions not included here. ASA 2005 Philadelphia, PA August 14-17 Consumers and Consumption Regular Sessions Theoretical Considerations in the Sociology of Consumption Organizer and Presider Daniel Thomas Cook, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Papers: The "Consumer" Mistake: Genesis and Impact of a Key Conceptual Error Michael Dawson, Portland State University Global Consumption: McDonaldization or Multicultural Hybridization? Janet Lorenzen, Rutgers University "The Settings of Consumption: Cathedrals, Landscapes, and Communities" J. Michael Ryan, University of Maryland-College Park Therapeutic Marketing and the Pathological Contradictions of Consumer Culture Joseph Rumbo, James Madison University Discussion: Chris Rojek, Nottingham-Trent University Papers engage with key theoretical debates and concerns regarding what consumption is, how it is to be conceptualized, it consequences and the implications of various conceptualizations. Consumption, Morality and Politics Organizer and Presider Daniel Thomas Cook, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Papers: Moralistic Consumption: Framing Fair Trade Keith Brown, University of Pennsylvania Faith Based Networks and the Central American Coffee Business Amy Reynolds, Princeton University Politics and Products: The Commercial Underpinnings of the Natural Foods Movement Laura Miller, Brandeis University The 'Authenticities' of Ethnic and Tourist Arts: Meanings and money in village handicraft workshops and small-sized factories Frederick Wherry, University of Pennsylvania Shopping for Sustainability: Green Consumption as a Means for Social Change Wendy Wiedenhoft, John Carroll University Papers address how consumption is implicated in moral and political discourses and practices through detailed empirical research. Consumption, Culture, Taste and Markets Organizer and Presider Daniel Thomas Cook, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Papers: The Instability of Omnivorous Cultural Taste Over Time Gabriel Rossman, Princeton University; Richard Peterson, Vanderbilt University The Omnivore Thesis Revisited: Voracious Cultural Consumers Tally Katz-Gerro, University of Haifa; Oriel Sullivan, Ben-Gurion University Culinary Deserts, Gastronomic Oases: A Classification of U.S. Cities Zachary Neal, University of Illinois at Chicago Tea Leaves or Tracking? Anticipating the audience for popular cinema Lakshmi Srinivas, Wellesley College "Country Roads" to Internationalization: Sociological Models for Understanding American Popular Music in China Heidi Netz and Grant Blank, American University Papers discuss a myriad of ways in which taste is adjudicated between markets and culture when consumption is the focus. Authors address the tensions between structural and agentive factors. Home