02457 a2200421 4500 1351704885 20250317111639.0 250312042017GB 12 eng 9781351704885 Taylor & Francis GBP 18.99 BB 01 eng JHB thema RNF thema KJS thema JMA thema GTP thema KCVG thema KJJ thema RNT thema JHB bic RNF bic KJS bic JMA bic GTF bic KCN bic KJJ bic RNT bic BUS016000 bisac BUS072000 bisac NAT010000 bisac Cecilia Solér Stress, Affluence and Sustainable Consumption 1 Oxford Routledge 20170918 138 p Why do affluent consumers almost automatically acquire new versions or variations of products already at their disposal? Even though most of us know that this novelty consumption poses a serious threat to an environmentally and socially sustainable future, we continue to do it. Why? Research shows that consumption of new automobiles, clothing, furniture, electronics, home furnishing, household apparel, mobile phones, etc., is motivated by a desire to feel more secure, less anxious and better mood-wise. Affluent consumers seem to engage in novelty consumption not to feel better but rather to avoid feeling bad. Stress, Affluence and Sustainable Consumption discusses sustainable consumption from a stress perspective, adding an embodied understanding to the sustainability-related consumption challenges that we face today. A stress perspective on affluent consumption differs from current understandings on consumption, as it fully acknowledges the consumer as having a body (including a mind) that reacts to the numerous product offerings and retail spaces, both physical and online. A stress perspective can explain how our bodies try to cope with an overload of perceptual input provided by advertising messages, product launches and even store structures. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of consumer psychology, sustainable consumption studies, sustainable marketing and markets as well as sustainable development more generally. 7413 7413