Title Consumer chronicles : cultures of consumption in modern French literature / David H. Walker

Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2011

Click on the following:
ProQuest Ebook Central

Copies

Description 1 online resource (vii, 328 pages) Series Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; v. 19 Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; 19. Contents Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. WAITING FOR THE CONSUMER SOCIETY; II. ECONOMIES OF CONSUMPTION (1); III. SMALL SHOPS; IV. BIG STORES; V. ECONOMIES OF CONSUMPTION (2); VI. REFLECTIONS ON THE CONSUMER SOCIETY; Conclusion: A Good Buy?; Bibliography; Index Summary At a time when the world is contemplating the depletion of non-renewable natural resources, the consumer society is increasingly being called into question. This is nowhere more acutely evident than in France, where since its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the consumer revolution, extending market forces into every area of social and private life, has been perceived as a challenge to core elements in French culture, such as traditional artisan crafts and small businesses serving local communities. Cultural historians and sociologists have charted the increasing commercialisation of everyday life over the twentieth century, but few have paid systematic attention to the crucial testimony provided by the authors of narrative fiction. Consumer Chronicles rectifies this omission by means of close readings of a series of novels, selected for their authentic portrayal of consumer behaviour, and analysed in relation to their social, cultural and historical contexts. Walker's study, offering an imaginative interdisciplinary panorama covering the impact of affluence on French shoppers, shopkeepers and society, provides telling new insights into the history and characteristics of the consumer mentality Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Consumption (Economics) -- France -- History -- 19th century Consumer behavior -- France -- History -- 19th century Consumer behavior Consumption (Economics) French literature Französisch. Literatur. Verbraucherverhalten. Literatur Verbraucherverhalten Wirtschaftliche Lage Motiv France Französisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781846317156 1846317150 9781781386354 1781386358

  Permalink