LEADER 04490nam 22006372 450 001 9910781377003321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-78138-635-8 010 $a1-84631-715-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000000033344 035 $a(EBL)688334 035 $a(OCoLC)732956432 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000530074 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12166917 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000530074 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10561835 035 $a(PQKB)11409000 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781846317156 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC688334 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781386354 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL688334 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10466808 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000033344 100 $a20111001d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConsumer chronicles $ecultures of consumption in modern French literature /$fDavid H. Walker$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 328 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$vv. 19 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-84631-487-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWaiting for the consumer society. Earning, yearning and making do : Huysmans, Les s?rs Vatard ; Fla?neurs and shoppers : Huysmans, En me?nage ; From shopping to Schopenhauer : Huysmans, A vau-l'eau -- Economies of consumption (1). Transactions and value : Gide, L'Immoraliste -- Small shops. La Lente Agonie du petite commerce : Balzac, Grandeur et de?cadence de Ce?sar Birotteau and Zola, Au bonheur des dames ; Eleve? dans le commerce : Ce?line, Mort a? cre?dit ; The emporium strikes back : Dutourd, Au bon beurre -- Big stores. The big sell ; The grand magasin : Zola, Au bonheur des dames (2) ; "Les Ve?nus des comptoirs" : feminism and shopping in the 1920's ; Total retail : figures of the dystopian superstore -- Economies of consumption (2). Speculations on value -- Reflections on the consumer society. Post-war visions of paradise : the dawning of the consumer society ; Managing the consumers (1) : motivational analysts ; Managing the consumers (2) : advertisers : The consumers managing 1 : making do by instalments ; The consumers managing 2 : making do and producing. 330 $aAt a time when the world is contemplating the depletion of non-renewable natural resources, the consumer society is increasingly being called into question. This is nowhere more acutely evident than in France, where since its beginnings in the nineteenth century, the consumer revolution, extending market forces into every area of social and private life, has been perceived as a challenge to core elements in French culture, such as traditional artisan crafts and small businesses serving local communities. Cultural historians and sociologists have charted the increasing commercialisation of everyday life over the twentieth century, but few have paid systematic attention to the crucial testimony provided by the authors of narrative fiction. Consumer Chronicles rectifies this omission by means of close readings of a series of novels, selected for their authentic portrayal of consumer behaviour, and analysed in relation to their social, cultural and historical contexts. Walker's study, offering an imaginative interdisciplinary panorama covering the impact of affluence on French shoppers, shopkeepers and society, provides telling new insights into the history and characteristics of the consumer mentality. 410 0$aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v19. 606 $aFrench literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aConsumption (Economics) in literature 606 $aMaterial culture$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPopular culture$zFrance 615 0$aFrench literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aConsumption (Economics) in literature. 615 0$aMaterial culture$xHistory 615 0$aPopular culture 676 $a843.9093553 700 $aWalker$b David H.$f1947-$01496763 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781377003321 996 $aConsumer chronicles$93721593 997 $aUNINA