{"product_id":"luxury-patrizia-calefato-9780857853318","title":"Luxury: Fashion, Lifestyle and Excess","description":"Luxury has been both celebrated and condemned throughout history right up to the present day. This groundbreaking text examines luxury and its relationship with desire, status, consumption and economic value, exploring why luxury remains prominent even in the context of a global recession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing approaches from cultural studies, semiotic research and aesthetics, \u003ci\u003eLuxury\u003c\/i\u003epresents a wide range of case studies including urban space and new technologies, travel, interior design, cars, fashion ads and jewellery to explore what luxury represents, and why, in the contemporary world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book will be essential reading for students and scholars across a range of fashion studies, cultural studies and sociology, and anyone interested in the power and allure of luxury today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrizia Calefato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857853317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857853318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Patrizia Calefato","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202684076287,"sku":"9780857853318","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd42cf77-cb33-49dd-935e-a4e645b78d7e.jpg?v=1756833100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/luxury-patrizia-calefato-9780857853318","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}