Cities and Consumption

Mark Jayne - Collection Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

244 pages, parution le 21/12/2005

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Résumé

Cities and Consumption investigates the mutual and dynamic relationship between urban development and consumption. Made accessible for students are debates that posit consumption as being at the intersection of different spheres of everyday life - between the public and the private, the political and the personal, the individual and the social. Consumption is thus understood as having multiple political, economic, social and cultural roles, and it is in the morphology of cities that its expression is most explicit.

Cities and Consumption:

provides a critical review of the ways in which urban consumption has been conceptualised
describes the relationship between consumption, the development of the modern and postmodern city, and associated archetypal spaces, places, identities, lifestyles and forms of sociability
looks at both ordinary and spectacular consumption
explores the relationship between consumption and class, gender, ethnicity and sexuality
discusses how cities are consumed through representations in popular cultural forms and official discourses, and how cities themselves are consumed
shows how consumption is central to the ability of cities to be successful in a contemporary urban hierarchy characterised by intense competitiveness.

Using case studies and illustrations from North America, Europe and Asia, Cities and Consumption is an essential student text. It clearly presents key ideas, perspectives and ways of approaching the complex relationship between urbanity and consumption.

L'auteur - Mark Jayne

Mark Jayne is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Manchester.

Sommaire

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Case Studies
Acknowledgments
Introduction to Cities and Consumption
Consumption and the Modern Day City
Consumption and the Post-Modern City
Consumption and Everyday Life
Cities, Consumption and Identity
Consuming the City
Consumption and Urban Regeneration
Conclusion
References
Index

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Mark Jayne
Collection	Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
Parution	21/12/2005
Nb. de pages	244
Format	15,5 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	438g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415327343
ISBN13	978-0-415-32734-3