Contemporary Urban Japan
A Sociology of Consumption
Studies in Urban and Social Change
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.
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.
8. Theorizing Consumption in Urban Japan.
References.
Index.
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.
8. Theorizing Consumption in Urban Japan.
References.
Index.
"Contemporary Urban Japan is a useful book: simultaneously a
thoughtful window into a consumerist urban Japan, and an engaging
challenge to conventional understandings of consumption, modernity,
and social theory." A Latham, University of Auckland
"I found the book to be creative, very current about the latest
trends and extraordinarily interesting. It provides a framework for
understanding the various consumer crazes that are always so
apparent in Japan ... as well as a novel and fruitful approach for
presenting details about the physical form, patterns of land use
and daily rountines of Tokyo and cities like it. An important
addition to the social science literature about contemporary Japan,
as well as a contribution of interest to scholars working on the
space-society nexus in contemporary urban culture in any
post-modern or post-industrial society." Roman Cybriwsky, Temple
University " Clammer's Sociology of Consumption opens a
window on Japanese urban society that is as intriguing as it is
informative. His complex analysis ranges across a vast array of
topics." Michael Tansey, Service Industries Journal
thoughtful window into a consumerist urban Japan, and an engaging
challenge to conventional understandings of consumption, modernity,
and social theory." A Latham, University of Auckland
"I found the book to be creative, very current about the latest
trends and extraordinarily interesting. It provides a framework for
understanding the various consumer crazes that are always so
apparent in Japan ... as well as a novel and fruitful approach for
presenting details about the physical form, patterns of land use
and daily rountines of Tokyo and cities like it. An important
addition to the social science literature about contemporary Japan,
as well as a contribution of interest to scholars working on the
space-society nexus in contemporary urban culture in any
post-modern or post-industrial society." Roman Cybriwsky, Temple
University " Clammer's Sociology of Consumption opens a
window on Japanese urban society that is as intriguing as it is
informative. His complex analysis ranges across a vast array of
topics." Michael Tansey, Service Industries Journal
John Clammer is Professor of Comparative Sociology and Asian Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo.