Abstract
<p> In the long nineteenth century, consumption and precarity emerge as deeply interwoven cultural, social, and aesthetic dynamics. Drawing on literary, sociological, and (economic-)historical perspectives, the contributions examine how precarious consumption structures social distinction, destabilizes gendered orders, and generates new forms of economic insecurity. They show how literary texts narratively model these tensions, expose theoretical blind spots in economic thought, and aesthetically explore precarious modes of agency. <bold>With contributions by</bold> Till Breyer | Martha Burkart | Antonia Eder | Anne Enderwitz | Conrad Fischer | Bernhard Kleeberg | Andreas Langenohl | Gabriele Michalitsch | Kirsten Von Hagen | Christine Weder | Lisa Wille </p>