Consuming space [[electronic resource] ] : placing consumption in perspective / / edited by Michael K. Goodman, David Goodman, Michael Redclift

• Pubblicazione: Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate Pub. Limited, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2; 306.3-dc22
• Soggetto topico: Human geography; Human territoriality; Spatial behavior; Consumption (Economics)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GoodmanMichael K. <1969-> GoodmanDavid RedcliftM. R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Grounding Consuming Space; 1 Introduction: Situating Consumption, Space and Place; 2 Multiple Spaces of Consumption: Some Historical Perspectives; 3 The Seduction of Space; Part I - The Consumption of Space and Place; 4 Frontier Spaces of Production and Consumption: Surfaces, Appearances and Representations on the 'Mayan Riviera'; 5 Recognition and Redistribution in the Renegotiation of Rural Space: The Dynamics of Aesthetic and Ethical Critiques; Part II - Consumption in Space and Place ; 6 Ethical Campaigning and Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains: Transforming Retailers' Purchasing Practices?7 The Cultural Economy of the Boutique Hotel: The Case of the Schrager and W Hotels in New York; Part III - Consumption as Connection/Disconnection/Reconnection; 8 Manufacturing Meaning along the Chicken Supply Chain: Consumer Anxiety and the Spaces of Production; 9 Place and Space in Alternative Food Networks: Connecting Production and Consumption; Part IV - Consumption as Production and Production as Consumption; 10 Creating Palate Geographies: Chilean Wine and UK Consumption Spaces ; 11 Consuming Burmese Teak: Anatomy of a Violent Luxury Resource12 Space for Change or Changing Spaces: Exploiting Virtual Spaces of Consumption; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the relationship between space, place and consumption, aiming to develop integrative approaches that articulate the processes involved in the production and consumption of space and place. The result is a varied, engaging, and innovative study of consumption and its role in structuring contemporary capitalist political economies.
• Titolo autorizzato: Consuming space
• ISBN: 1-317-16111-4; 1-317-16110-6; 1-282-52510-7; 9786612525100; 0-7546-8911-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459407503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II