278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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The fact that we inhabit a consumer society has incredibly far-reaching implications. 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. It examines the nature of consumption and its increasing centrality to... Read more
Introduction Part 1. Consumption 1. Consumption Controversies 2. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Consumption (But Were Afraid to Ask Baudrillard) Part 2. Consumption and the City 3. Consumption and the City, Modern and Postmodern 4. Seduced and Repressed: Collective Consumption Revisited (with Michael G. Bradford) Part 3. The Consumer Society and the Postmodern City 5. The Meaning of Lifestyle 6. Minimal Utopia, Notes References
Biography
David B. Clarke is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Leeds
'An interesting and thought-provoking book and a worthwhile read for anyone interested in urban consumer society.' - Economic Geography Research Group
