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Consumption in Asia: Lifestyle and Identities

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The 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.

Language: English

Pages: 268

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: June 01, 2000

ISBN: 0415213118

ISBN 13: 9780415213110

Consumption in Asia: Lifestyle and Identities

4/5 ( ratings)

The 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.

Language: English

Pages: 268

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Routledge

Release: June 01, 2000

ISBN: 0415213118

ISBN 13: 9780415213110

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