02869oam 2200601I 450 991045087570332120200520144314.01-134-57236-01-134-57235-21-280-31792-20-585-45164-80-203-46756-610.4324/9780203467565 (MiAaPQ)EBC170191(Au-PeEL)EBL170191(CaPaEBR)ebr10054175(CaONFJC)MIL31792(OCoLC)568041338(EXLCZ)99100000000040602120180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrConsumption in Asia lifestyles and identities /edited by Chua Beng-HuatLondon ;New York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (266 p.)The new rich in Asia seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-21311-8 0-415-23244-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Consuming Asians: Ideas and Issues; Malaysia: Power Shifts and the Matrix of Consumption; Changing Lifestyles and Consumption Patterns of the South Korean Middle Class and New Generations; Economic Development and the Changing Patterns of Consumption in Urban China; Middle-class Formation and Consumption in Hong Kong; Global Lifestyles under Local Conditions: the New Indonesian Middle Class; The Formation and Consumption of KTV in Taiwan; Singaporeans Ingesting McDonald'sConsuming 'America': from Symbol to SystemThe Anomic World of the High Consumer: Fashion and Cultural Formation; IndexThe essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have created identity confusions among the affluent in Asia, and if the expansion of consumer culture really does threaten the stability of politically anti-liberal states in Asia. This is the first book to analyse in detial consumerism in the region, and will be valuable reading for students and researchers in Asian studies, economics, politics and cultural studies.New rich in Asia.Consumption (Economics)AsiaLifestylesAsiaSocial changeAsiaElectronic books.Consumption (Economics)LifestylesSocial change306.3/095Chua Beng Huat896138MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450875703321Consumption in Asia2143324UNINA