Consumer Culture and PostmodernismSAGE, 2007 M07 11 - 232 pages The first edition of this contemporary classic can claim to have put ′consumer culture′ on the map, certainly in relation to postmodernism. This expanded new edition includes:
The result is a book that shakes the boundaries of debate, from one of the foremost writers on culture and postmodernism of the present day. |
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... tothe capacityto sustainincome levels in the working classes in the West in face ofthe relocationand migrationof jobs to cheaperlabour markets isdrivenby the dynamic of neoLiberal economic globalization (Featherstone, 2001b, 2006a). The ...
... tothe capacityto sustainincome levels in the working classes in the West in face ofthe relocationand migrationof jobs to cheaperlabour markets isdrivenby the dynamic of neoLiberal economic globalization (Featherstone, 2001b, 2006a). The ...
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... incompatible with postmodernist positions, andit gives aspecific twistto thecritique of postmodernism: thosewho consignedmodernity tothe pastbased their claims on misguidednotions of a uniform pattern embodied in a whole historical epoch'
... incompatible with postmodernist positions, andit gives aspecific twistto thecritique of postmodernism: thosewho consignedmodernity tothe pastbased their claims on misguidednotions of a uniform pattern embodied in a whole historical epoch'
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... tothe importanceofunderstanding thelocalcontext togetthesense of whatis at stakeinthe term postmodernism, which ... to the discussions inChina, but also intermsofthe chapters on consumerculture. Thedramatic growth ofthe Chinese economy ...
... tothe importanceofunderstanding thelocalcontext togetthesense of whatis at stakeinthe term postmodernism, which ... to the discussions inChina, but also intermsofthe chapters on consumerculture. Thedramatic growth ofthe Chinese economy ...
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... tothe authority of existingknowledge (see Featherstone, 2006b, Featherstone and Venn, 2006). The Problematizing Global Knowledgevolume is interesting not only throughthe use of supplements,which deconstruct the authority ofentries and ...
... tothe authority of existingknowledge (see Featherstone, 2006b, Featherstone and Venn, 2006). The Problematizing Global Knowledgevolume is interesting not only throughthe use of supplements,which deconstruct the authority ofentries and ...
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... to the development ofmyideas on postmodernismand thebook clearly showstheinfluence of that heady 'adventure of ideas ... tothe development of the journalBody & Society in 1995. Globalization was also animportant influence inmy writings ...
... to the development ofmyideas on postmodernismand thebook clearly showstheinfluence of that heady 'adventure of ideas ... tothe development of the journalBody & Society in 1995. Globalization was also animportant influence inmy writings ...
Contents
Towardsa Sociology ofPostmodern Culture 4 Cultural Change and Social Practice | |
The Aestheticization of Everyday Life | |
Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 7 City Culturesand Postmodern Lifestyles 8 Consumer Culture and Global Disorder 9 Common Culture or Uncommo... | |
The Globalization of Diversity | |
Index | |
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