The consumer society and the postmodern city /

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Working through the often controversial ideas of the consumer society's most influential theorists, Jean Baudrillard and Zygmunt Bauman, this book assesses the ways in which consumerism is reshaping the nature and meaning of the city.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clarke, David B., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:
Bürger, Christa > 1935- > Postmoderne
Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects.
Consumer behavior.
Capitalism.
City and town life > Social aspects.
Société de consommation > Aspect social.
Consommateurs > Comportement.
Capitalisme.
Vie urbaine > Aspect social.
capitalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Stadt
Konsumgesellschaft
Postmoderne
Consumptiemaatschappij.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.
Stadscultuur.
Consommation > Aspect social.
Consommateurs.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Consumption controversies
  • Everything you ever wanted to know about consumption, (but were afraid to ask Baudrillard)
  • Consumption and the city, modern and postmodern
  • Seduced and repressed : collective consumption revisited / with Michael G. Bradford
  • The meaning of lifestyle
  • Minimal utopia.

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