| Description |
ix, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
International library of sociology |
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International library of sociology.
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| Contents |
1. Spaces for the subject of consumption / Rob Shields -- 2. Watching the world go round: atrium shopping and the psychology of shopping / Harvie Ferguson -- 3. Neon cages: shopping for subjectivity / Lauren Langman -- 4. Stonehenge and its festival: spaces of consumption / Kevin Hetherington -- 5. The individual, consumption cultures and the fate of the community / Rob Shields -- 6. Shopping for women's fashion in Singapore / Beng Huat Chua -- 7. Ritual space in the Canadian Musuem of Civilization: consuming Canadian identity / Jill Delaney -- 8. Have you got the look? Masculinities and shopping spectacle / Sean Nixon -- 9. Changes in the Adamless Eden: the spatial and sexual transformation of a Brisbane department store 1930-1990 / Gail Reekie -- 10. Aesthetics of the self: shopping and social being in contemporary urban Japan / Johyn Clammer -- 11. Notes from Storyville North: circling the mall / Janice Williamson |
| Summary |
This stimulating book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the process of consumption. Its acute, sharply observed contributions are drawn from a variety of relevant disciplines |
| Analysis |
Consumption |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
| Subject |
Consumers -- Psychology -- Case studies.
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Lifestyles -- Case studies.
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Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Shopping malls -- Social aspects -- Case studies.
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Shopping -- Psychological aspects.
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Shopping -- Social aspects.
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| Author |
Shields, Rob, 1961-
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| LC no. |
91043287 |
| ISBN |
0415060591 |
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0415060605 (paperback) |
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