Consumption as a possibility of autonomy

Abstract

In the book De refém a protagonista: consumo, identidade e emancipação, Sérgio Silva Dantas (2015) discusses about consumption in the life trajectories and about how it assumes an important role in the construction of identities. During the work, the author articulates the themes of consumption, identities and social class, covering the complexities resulting from this. From a wide range of readings, using authors of communication and social psychology, Dantas creates a theoretical foundation that allows us to understand his work both as researchers and as individuals who constantly reconstruct and reconfigure themselves.