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Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective

By David Goodman , Michael K. Goodman , Michael Redclift (editors)

Book information

Publisher
Ashgate
Year
2010
ISBN
0754672298, 9780754672296, 9780754689119
LCC
GF41 .C5748 2010
Open Library ID
OL23713439M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4135590 bytes)
Pages
297\297
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

An examination of the relationship between space, place and consumption offers important insights into some of the most powerful forces constructing contemporary societies. Space and place are made and remade through consumption. Yet how do cultures of consumption discover space, and how do they construct place? This book addresses these questions by exploring the implications of conceptualizing consumption as a spatial, increasingly global, yet intensely localized activity. The work develops integrative approaches that articulate the processes involved in the production and consumption of space and place. The result is a varied, engaging, and innovative study of consumption and its role in structuring contemporary capitalist political economies.

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