Consumption in Asia : lifestyles and identities /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Description:xiv, 249 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:The new rich in Asia series
New rich in Asia.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4575632
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Other authors / contributors:Chua, Beng Huat.
ISBN:0415213118 (alk. paper)
0415232449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of tables
  • Notes on contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Consuming Asians: Ideas and Issues
  • 2. Malaysia: Power Shifts and the Matrix of Consumption
  • 3. Changing Lifestyles and Consumption Patterns of the South Korean Middle Class and New Generations
  • 4. Economic Development and the Changing Patterns of Consumption in Urban China
  • 5. Middle-class Formation and Consumption in Hong Kong
  • 6. Global Lifestyles under Local Conditions: the New Indonesian Middle Class
  • 7. The Formation and Consumption of KTV in Taiwan
  • 8. Singaporeans Ingesting McDonald's
  • 9. Consuming 'America': from Symbol to System
  • 10. The Anomic World of the High Consumer: Fashion and Cultural Formation
  • Index