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859123
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Approaching consumer culture : : global flows and local contexts /\ Evgenia Krasteva-Blagoeva, editor.
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Cham, Switzerland :: Springer,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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International series on consumer science
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1 online resource
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3030002268
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: 9783030002268
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303000225X
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9783030002251
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Intro; Preface; Contents; About the Authors; Consumer Culture andIts Futures: Dreams andConsequences; Introduction; Dreams ofConsumption; Cockaigne andPeasant Dreams ofAbundance; Court Society Dreams ofSplendour andLuxury; The Birth ofaConsumer Culture; The American Dream; Consumer Rhythms andtheTiming ofConsumption; Consume Productively 24/7; Profiling, Tracking, andData Harvesting; Immaterial andInformational Lifestyle Construction; Consumption Experiences, Prosumption, andCurating Lifestyles; The Consequences ofConsumption; Consumer Culture Futures; References
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"You Are aSocialist Child Like Me": Goods andIdentity inBulgariaIntroduction; Socialist Consumption: Coping withShortages; Overvaluation ofGoods inSocialism: "Be Mine Forever"; Postsocialism: TheUnusual Consumers; Conclusion; References; Consumer Culture fromSocialist Yugoslavia toPost-socialist Serbia: Movements andMoments; From Scratch: Affirming Consumption inSocialist Yugoslavia; "One Step Forward, Two Steps Backwards": Continuities andDiscontinuities; Changing Society; Changing Attitudes TowardMateriality, Materialism, andMoney
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Changes intheImaginary Community ofConsumersConclusion; References; Overview ofConsumer Culture inBulgaria: FromPerestroika toFacebook; Before 1989; Bulgaria's Transition toConsumer Society; The V-Like Structure oftheConsumer Revolution from1989 to2008; The Bulgarian New Deal (1999-2008); New Forms ofConsumption After theRise ofSocial Media; The Rise ofBrands; Practices andRituals; E-Consumption onFacebook; Names; Profile Pictures; Family andRelationships; Cover Photo; Timeline/Status; Likes; Albums; Conclusions; References
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Concluding Remark: TheConundrum ofConsumer-State Relations AfterState SocialismReferences; Preserves Exiting Socialism: Authenticity, Anti-standardization, andMiddle-Class Consumption inPostsocialist Romania; Eating (in) Socialism: Shortage, Depositing, andThrift; To theWest andBack: TheWinding Aspirational Road ofthePostsocialist Consumer; The Artisan Feel ofSocialist Preserves; Preserving Authenticity: Quality Products andtheValue ofArtisanship; The Symbolic Repertoire ofMeaning intheArtisan Market
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Consuming "Others": Post-socialist Realities andParadoxes ofAppropriation inSerbiaIntroduction; Consumption inEuropean Socialist Countries andtheYugoslav Experience; Local Boutiques: TheDolls fromHell; The Case ofDorothy Perkins: TheDeceit ofGoods; Pandora's Box; Conclusion; References; The Meanings andPractices of"Consumer Activism" inPostsocialist Bulgaria; Introduction; Consumers Between"Access" and"Choice" inPostsocialist Bulgaria; Distrust vis-à-vis Merchants/Stores; Distrust vis-à-vis Consumer Experts: Credible Consumer Information Should BeFree?
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This fascinating collection analyzes the impact of Western consumer culture on local cultures and consumption in Southeast Europe and East Asia. Cultural, historical, economic and sociopolitical contexts are examined regarding buying behaviors, usage and customization practices and consumer activism, specifically in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania as cultures continue to evolve in the post-socialist era, and in China and Japan as a continuation of movements toward modernity and progress. Surprising and thought-provoking contrasts stand out as consumers balance the global with the local in terms of clothing, technology, luxury items, and food. All chapters feature a wealth of empirical and cross-cultural data, and the presentation is framed by Professor Mike Featherstone's theoretical essay on the origins of consumer culture and the consequences of two hundred years of increasing consumption for the human condition and the future of the planet. Included in the coverage: "You are a socialist child like me": Goods and Identity in Bulgaria Consumer Culture from Socialist Yugoslavia to Post-Socialist Serbia: Movements and Moments Preserves Exiting Socialism: Authenticity, Anti-Standardization, and Middle-Class Consumption in Post-Socialist Romania Modernization and the Department Store in Early 20th-Century Japan: Modern Girl and New Consumer Culture Lifestyles A Cultural Reading of Conspicuous Consumption in China Approaching Consumer Culture broadens the cultural anthropology literature and will be welcomed by Western and Eastern scholars and researchers alike. Its depth and accessibility make it useful to university courses in cultural anthropology, cultural studies, and sociology.
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Consumer behavior.
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Consumers.
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Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects.
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Culture-- Economic aspects.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Economics-- Macroeconomics.
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Consumer behavior.
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Consumers.
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Consumption (Economics)-- Social aspects.
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Culture-- Economic aspects.
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Occupational industrial psychology.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Economic Conditions.
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Sales marketing.
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Social cultural anthropology, ethnography.
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| Dewey Classification
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339.47
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| LC Classification
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HC79.C6
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| Added Entry
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Krŭsteva-Blagoeva, Evgenii︠a︡
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