Lifestyle shopping : the subject of consumption / edited by Rob Shields.
Contributor(s): Shields, Rob
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BookSeries: International library of sociology: Publisher: London : Routledge, 1992Description: ix, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415060591 (hbk); 0415060605 (pbk).Subject(s): Lifestyles -- Case studies | Consumers -- Psychology -- Case studies | Shopping malls -- Social aspects -- Case studies | Postmodernism -- Social aspects -- Case studiesDDC classification: 306.4 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 306.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00015877 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This 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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Spaces for the subject of consumption / Rob Shields -- Watching the world go round: atrium culture and the psychology of shopping / Harvie Ferguson -- Neon ages: shopping for subjectivity / Lauren Langman -- Stonehenge and its festival: spaces of consumption / Kevin Hetherington -- The individual consumption cultures and the fate of community / Rob Shields -- Shopping for women's fashion in Singapore / Beng Huat Chua -- Ritual space in the canadian museum of civilization: consuming canadian identity / Jill Delaney -- Have you got the look? Masculinities and shopping spectacle / Sean Nixon -- Changes in the Adamless Eden: The spatial and sexual transformation of a Brisbane department store 1930-90 / Gail Reckie -- Aesthetics of the self: shopping and social being in contemporary urban Japan / John Clammer -- Notes from storyville north: circling the mall / Janice Williamson.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Spaces for the Subject of Consumption (p. 1)
- 2 Watching the World Go Round (p. 21)
- 3 Neon Cages (p. 40)
- 4 Stonehenge and Its Festival (p. 83)
- 5 The Individual, Consumption Cultures and the Fate of Community (p. 99)
- 6 Shopping for Women's Fashion in Singapore (p. 114)
- 7 Ritual Space in the Canadian Museum of Civilization (p. 136)
- 8 Have You Got the Look? (p. 149)
- 9 Changes in the Adamless Eden (p. 170)
- 10 Aesthetics of the Self (p. 195)
- 11 Notes from Storyville North (p. 216)
- Author Index (p. 233)
- Subject Index (p. 236)