This paper examines images used to market clothing lines by the affordability-centered Swedish food company Eldorado as well as from the luxury fashion brands Prada and Gucci. Through a qualitative socio-semiotic approach, the images are compared and analyzed in relation to the contemporary societal context of a westernized and postmodern consumer culture. At the basis of the analysis is the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu concerning taste and class, as well as writings on postmodernism and class in relation to counter-hegemonic consumerism. Findings suggest that the luxury fashion brands exhibit a distinction of taste tied to affluency, whereas Eldorado can be interpreted as ironizing tropes and clichés seen in such imagery. A discussion is subsequently raised, debating the paradox of inserting counter-cultural values into the marketing of commodified goods.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-52656 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Markström, Linnea |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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