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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819115403321

Titolo

Consumer culture, modernity and identity / / edited by Nita Mathur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : SAGE, , 2016

ISBN

81-321-1824-3

93-5388-119-6

93-5150-793-9

81-321-1962-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations

Disciplina

306.3

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects

Consumers

Group identity

Social stratification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Consumer Culture, Modernity and Identity' offers analysis of articulation of consumer culture and modernity in everyday lives of people in a transnational framework. It pursues three broad themes: lifestyle and construction of modern identity; fashion and identity; and subaltern concerns and moral subjectivities. It juxtaposes empirical studies with theoretical traditions in addressing questions such as: How do people imagine modernity and identity in consumer culture? What does modernity or 'being modern' mean to people in different societies? Are modernity and tradition antithetical to or develop an interface with each other?