Interface between culture and economy in Lauren weisberger's The Devil wears Prada

Abstract

This research works on Lauren Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the representation of culture and economy to narrate the story of Andrea. Shedding light on the interface between culture and economy, this research ponders into how these two domains influence each other to support or oppose the culture. By taking theoretical insight on culture and economy embeddedness as proposed by Raymond Williams, the research reveals the effect of dominant culture on Miranda Priestley, Andrea Sachs's life and on other co-workers who work under her discipline. As well, the research further brings Raymond’s notion ‘the structure of feeling’ as the major tool to support the idea of changes in culture and its economic impacts on the character. Finally, this research concludes that outline the interface between culture and economic outcomes aids the critical readers in identifying the writer’s main points as well as theoretical ideas that were applied to the work. Keywords: Economy, Modernity, Culture, Identity, Society