Contemporary Urban Japan ：A Sociology of Consumption ( Studies in Urban and Social Change )

Publication subTitle ：A Sociology of Consumption

Publication series ：Studies in Urban and Social Change

Author： John Clammer  

Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9780470712566

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780631203025

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780631203018

Subject： C912.81 Urban Sociology

Language： ENG

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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.

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Contents

pp.：  1 – 9

Preface

pp.：  9 – 11

Acknowledgements

pp.：  11 – 13

1 Approaching Japan through the Study of Consumption

pp.：  13 – 15

2 Consumption and Urban Cultures in the Japanese City

pp.：  15 – 40

3 The Context of Desire: The Political Economy of' Consumption

pp.：  40 – 65

4 Shopping and the Social Self

pp.：  65 – 82

5 Gender, Class and the Internationalization of Consumption

pp.：  82 – 99

6 Consuming Bodies: Media and the Construction and Representation of the Body

pp.：  99 – 124

7 Sites and Sights: The Consuming Eye and the Arts of the Imagination in Japanese Tourism

pp.：  124 – 149

8 Theorizing Consumption in Urban Japan

pp.：  149 – 166

References

pp.：  166 – 183

Index

pp.：  183 – 191

LastPages

pp.：  191 – 196

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