Consumer culture and postmodernism / Mike Featherstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Featherstone, Mike.

Series:

Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)

Theory, culture & society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

History.

Postmodernism.

Consumers--History--20th century.

Consumers.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 203 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : SAGE Publications, 2007.

Summary:

The first edition of this contemporary classic can claim to have put 'consumer culture' on the map, certainly in relation to postmodernism. This expanded new edition includes: A fully revised preface that explores the developments in consumer culture since the first edition. Among the most noteworthy areas discussed are the effect of global warming on consumption, the rise of the new rich, changes in the North/South divide and the new diversity of consumer culture. A major new chapter on 'Modernity and the Cultural Question. An update on postmodernism and the development of contemporary theory after postmodernism. An account of multiple and alternative modernities. An exploration of the challenges of consumer culture in Japan and China. The result is a book that shakes the boundaries of debate, from one of the foremost writers on culture and postmodernism of the present day.

Contents:

1 Modern and Postmodern: Definitions and Interpretations 1

2 Theories of Consumer Culture 13

3 Towards a Sociology of Postmodern Culture 28

4 Cultural Change and Social Practice 50

5 The Aestheticization of Everyday Life 64

6 Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 81

7 City Cultures and Postmodern Lifestyles 93

8 Consumer Culture and Global Disorder 110

9 Common Culture or Uncommon Cultures? 127

10 The Globalization of Diversity 142

11 Modernity and the Cultural Question 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [182]-197) and index.

ISBN:

9781412910132

1412910137

9781412910149

1412910145

OCLC:

144597002