| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Series |
Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society |
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Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- In Defence of Shopping; Chapter 2 -- Could Shopping Ever Really Matter?; Chapter 3 -- Women, the City and the Department Store; Chapter 4 -- Supermarket Futures; Chapter 5 -- The Making of a Swedish Department Store Culture; Chapter 6 -- Shopping in the East Centre Mall; Chapter 7 -- Shopping, Pleasure and the Sex War; Chapter 8 -- The Scopic Regimes of Shopping; Appendix: Research on Shopping -- A Brief History and Selected Literature; Index |
| Summary |
The last decade has witnessed a clear and steady rise of interest in consumer culture. Many commentators now argue that consumption rather than production is the axis of personal identity and meaningful social action - a standpoint that reverses the traditional view that consumption is an incidental, trivial feature in contemporary culture. This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shopping -- Social aspects
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Shopping -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Campbell, Colin B
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| ISBN |
9781848609259 |
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1848609256 |
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9781446216972 |
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1446216977 |
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0761950672 |
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9780761950677 |
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1283881322 |
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9781283881326 |
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0585329958 |
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9780585329956 |
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