Cross-cultural consumption : global markets, local realities / edited by David Howes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howes, David, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

Culture diffusion--Economic aspects.

Culture diffusion.

Diffusion of innovations--Social aspects.

Diffusion of innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What does an American refrigerator mean in the Solomon Islands?Cross-Cultural Consumption is a fascinating guide to the cultural implications of the globalization of a consumer society.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION: COMMODITIES AND CULTURAL BORDERS; THE EMPIRE'S OLD CLOTHES: FASHIONING THE COLONIAL SUBJECT; SUGAR CANE, COCA-COLA AND HYPERMARKETS: CONSUMPTION AND SURREALISM IN THE ARGENTINE NORTHWEST; PERISHABLE GOODS: MODES OF CONSUMPTION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS; COOKING THE BOOKS: GLOBAL OR LOCAL IDENTITIES IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FOOD CULTURES?; COFFEE BREAKS AND COFFEE CONNECTIONS: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF A COMMODITY IN TANZANIAN AND EUROPEAN WORLDS

SELLING GUATEMALA: MAYA EXPORT PRODUCTS IN US MAIL-ORDER CATALOGUESNEGOTIATING IDENTITIES IN QUITO'S CULTURAL BORDERLANDS: NATIVE WOMEN'S PERFORMANCES FOR THE ECUADOREAN TOURIST MARKET; CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: DECOMMODIFYING 'INDIANNESS'; TRANSFORMING IMAGES: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN NISHNAWBE-ASKI; EPILOGUE: THE DYNAMICS AND ETHICS OF CROSS-CULTURAL CONSUMPTION; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-208) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-77234-3

0-585-44817-5

0-203-43778-0

1-280-10994-7

1-134-77235-1

9786610109944

9780203437780

OCLC:

62598368