CONSUMERISM OF LEISURE CLASS IN SINGAPORE IN KEVIN KWAN’S CRAZY RICH ASIANS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
This research entitled “Consumerism of Leisure Class in Singapore in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians: A Sociological Approach”. The purpose of this study is to analyze the leisure class reflected in Singapore in the novel Crazy Rich Asians. In addition, the aim of this research is to reveal...
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This research entitled “Consumerism of Leisure Class in Singapore in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians: A Sociological Approach”. The purpose of this study is to analyze the leisure class reflected in Singapore in the novel Crazy Rich Asians. In addition, the aim of this research is to reveal the consumerism of leisure class in Crazy Rich Asians. This novel contains the aspect about the style of consumer in Singapore.The research uses qualitative method to analyze the data. This study uses the mimetic approach by M.H. Abrams and two main concepts of theory of leisure class by Thorstein Veblen, these are conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. The research applies the data of Singaporeans leisure class in the book Understanding Singaporeans: Values, Lifestyle, Aspirations and Consumption Behaviours by Keng et al. This study also applies the concept of uniquely Singaporean mindset in the book entitled The Cult of the Luxury Brand: Inside Asia’s Love affair with Luxury by Chadha and Paul as a tool to analyze the consumerism of leisure class in the novel Crazy Rich Asians. In this study, the researcher finds two main results. First, this study indicates conspicuous leisure as a signal of leisure class in Crazy Rich Asians based on seven leisure activities of Singaporean. They are sports, social, self-improvement, various charity, travel, home, and other activities. Second, the study discovers the consumerism of leisure class in Crazy Rich Asians and uniquely Singaporean mindset as a main result of leisure class’ consumerism in Singapore reflected in Crazy Rich Asians.
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| spelling | doaj-art-82eda73270bc41a3a93a5cd72498ca832025-02-02T07:09:33ZengEnglish Literature Department, Universitas Bangka BelitungLire Journal2581-21302598-18032021-03-015110.33019/lire.v5i1.101101CONSUMERISM OF LEISURE CLASS IN SINGAPORE IN KEVIN KWAN’S CRAZY RICH ASIANS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACHAgni Nurwidia Setiadi0Resneri Daulay1English Literature Department, Faculty of Literature, Culture and Communication, Universitas Ahmad DahlanEnglish Literature Department, Faculty of Literature, Culture and Communication, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan This research entitled “Consumerism of Leisure Class in Singapore in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians: A Sociological Approach”. The purpose of this study is to analyze the leisure class reflected in Singapore in the novel Crazy Rich Asians. In addition, the aim of this research is to reveal the consumerism of leisure class in Crazy Rich Asians. This novel contains the aspect about the style of consumer in Singapore.The research uses qualitative method to analyze the data. This study uses the mimetic approach by M.H. Abrams and two main concepts of theory of leisure class by Thorstein Veblen, these are conspicuous leisure and conspicuous consumption. The research applies the data of Singaporeans leisure class in the book Understanding Singaporeans: Values, Lifestyle, Aspirations and Consumption Behaviours by Keng et al. This study also applies the concept of uniquely Singaporean mindset in the book entitled The Cult of the Luxury Brand: Inside Asia’s Love affair with Luxury by Chadha and Paul as a tool to analyze the consumerism of leisure class in the novel Crazy Rich Asians. In this study, the researcher finds two main results. First, this study indicates conspicuous leisure as a signal of leisure class in Crazy Rich Asians based on seven leisure activities of Singaporean. They are sports, social, self-improvement, various charity, travel, home, and other activities. Second, the study discovers the consumerism of leisure class in Crazy Rich Asians and uniquely Singaporean mindset as a main result of leisure class’ consumerism in Singapore reflected in Crazy Rich Asians. https://lirejournal.ubb.ac.id/index.php/LRJ/article/view/101Leisure ClassConsumerismConspicuous LeisureConspicuous Consumption |
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| title | CONSUMERISM OF LEISURE CLASS IN SINGAPORE IN KEVIN KWAN’S CRAZY RICH ASIANS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH |
| title_full | CONSUMERISM OF LEISURE CLASS IN SINGAPORE IN KEVIN KWAN’S CRAZY RICH ASIANS: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH |
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| title_sort | consumerism of leisure class in singapore in kevin kwan s crazy rich asians a sociological approach |
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