This Special Issue focuses on the manifestations of austerity in everyday life, taking the dichotomous relationship between consumption and thrift as a means by which to explore thrifty practices. In doing so, it aims to straddle the disciplines of Sociology, Cultural Studies and Anthropology, while weaving in elements of History, Political Studies and Media Studies. The mainstream portrayal of thinking and practices around thrift and consumption is captured well in Lendol Calder’s (2013) critique. He complains that the view of history so frequently provided is one that portrays a slow decline from the morals and thrift of the early puritans, to the wild consumerism of the present day – ‘the story of American saving and spending as the story of a fall from the heights of thrift on which previous generations lived and contributed to national greatness . . .’ (Calder, 2013: 362). He suggests instead that we ought to propose

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紧缩与日常生活：对消费和节俭实践的看法

本期特刊关注生活中的节俭表现，以消费与节俭的二元关系为手段，探讨节俭的实践。在此过程中，它旨在跨越社会学、文化研究和人类学的学科，同时融入历史、政治研究和媒体研究的元素。Lendol Calder (2013) 的批评很好地捕捉了围绕节俭和消费的思想和实践的主流描述。他抱怨说，如此频繁地提供的历史观描绘了早期清教徒的道德和节俭的缓慢衰退，对当今疯狂的消费主义——“美国储蓄和支出的故事是从前几代人赖以生存并为国家伟大做出贡献的节俭高峰跌落的故事。. .' （考尔德，2013：362）。相反，他建议我们应该提议