Consumption in Asia: Lifestyle and Identities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415232449)

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.

Author: Beng-Huat Chua
ISBN-10: 0415232449
ISBN-13: 9780415232449
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2000
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.47w x 0.79d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 71