ABSTRACT
Some of the key issues in the geography of consumption can be illustrated by reference to our own work. Thrift and Leyshon (1992) are concerned to link together economic and cultural change via studies of the consumption of particular high-status commodities. In contrast, Jackson is concerned with aspects of popular culture and everyday life (advertising, the media and shopping) and with exploring the links between consumption and identity. Yet this research also has common threads in its appeal to notions of national identity and to the gendered nature of representations.
