Clammer, John Contemporary Urban Japan A Sociology of Consumption Studies in Urban and Social Change
1. Edition October 1997 25.90 Euro 1997. 196 Pages, Softcover ISBN 978-0-631-20302-5 - John Wiley & Sons
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Detailed description This volume demonstrates a fresh approach to urban studies as well as a new way of looking at contemporary Japan which links economy and society in an innovative way.
From the contents Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Approaching Japan through the Study of Consumption.
2. Consumption and Urban Cultures in the Japanese City.
3. The Context of Desire.
4. Shopping and the Social Self.
5. Gender, Class and the Internationalization of Consumption.
6. Consuming Bodies: Media and the Construction and Representation of the Body.
7. Sites and Sights: The Consuming Eye and the Arts of the Imagination in Japanese Tourism.
