Time, Consumption and Everyday Life: Practice, Materiality and Culture (Cultures of Consumption)

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Synopsis
Has material civilization spun out of control, becoming too fast for our own well-being and that of the planet? This book confronts these anxieties and examines the changing rhythms and temporal organization of everyday life. How do people handle hurriedness, burn-out and stress? Are slower forms of consumption viable? This volume brings together international experts from geography, sociology, history, anthropology and philosophy. In case studies covering the United States, Asia and Europe, contributors follow routines and rhythms, their emotional and political dynamics and show how they are anchored in material culture and everyday practice. Running themes of the book are questions of coordination and disruption; cycles and seasons; and the interplay between power and freedom, and between material and natural forces. The result is a volume that brings studies of practice, temporality and material culture together to open up a new intellectual agenda.
Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
250 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000184655
Related ISBNs:
9781003087236, 9781847883643, 9781847883643, 9781847883650, 9781847883650, 9781847883643, 9781847883650, 9781003087236
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
N/A
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Elizabeth Shove
Edited by:
Frank Trentmann
Edited by:
Richard Wilk

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