LEADER 02869oam 2200601I 450 001 9910450875703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-57236-0 010 $a1-134-57235-2 010 $a1-280-31792-2 010 $a0-585-45164-8 010 $a0-203-46756-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203467565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170191 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL170191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054175 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL31792 035 $a(OCoLC)568041338 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000406021 100 $a20180331d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConsumption in Asia $elifestyles and identities /$fedited by Chua Beng-Huat 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (266 p.) 225 1 $aThe new rich in Asia series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-21311-8 311 $a0-415-23244-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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's 327 $aConsuming 'America': from Symbol to SystemThe Anomic World of the High Consumer: Fashion and Cultural Formation; Index 330 $aThe essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have created identity confusions among the affluent in Asia, and if the expansion of consumer culture really does threaten the stability of politically anti-liberal states in Asia. This is the first book to analyse in detial consumerism in the region, and will be valuable reading for students and researchers in Asian studies, economics, politics and cultural studies. 410 0$aNew rich in Asia. 606 $aConsumption (Economics)$zAsia 606 $aLifestyles$zAsia 606 $aSocial change$zAsia 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) 615 0$aLifestyles 615 0$aSocial change 676 $a306.3/095 701 $aChua$b Beng Huat$0896138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450875703321 996 $aConsumption in Asia$92143324 997 $aUNINA