Cross-cultural consumption/ global markets,local realities
Howes, David
- 1st ed.
- London: Routledge, 1996.
- 214 p.
INTRODUCTION: COMMODITIES AND CULTURAL BORDERS David Howes Part I The mirror of consumption THE EMPIRE'S OLD CLOTHES: FASHIONING THE COLONIAL SUBJECT Jean Comaroff SUGAR CANE, COCA-COLA AND HYPERMARKETS: CONSUMPTION AND SURREALISM IN THE ARGENTINE NORTHWEST Constance Classen PERISHABLE GOODS: MODES OF CONSUMPTION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS jean-Marc Philibert and ChristineJourdan Part 11 Consuming the 'other* COOKING THE BOOKS: GLOBAL OR LOCAL IDENTITIES IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FOOD CULTURES? Allison James COFFEE BREAKS AND COFFEE CONNECTIONS: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF A COMMODITY IN TANZANIAN AND EUROPEAN WORLDS Brad Weiss SELLING GUATEMALA: MAYA EXPORT PRODUCTS IN US MAIL-ORDER CATALOGUES Carol Hendrickson Part III Consumption and identity NEGOTIATING IDENTITIES IN QUITO'S CULTURAL BORDERLANDS: NATIVE WOMEN'S PERFORMANCES FOR THE ECUADOREAN TOURIST MARKET Mary M. Crain 8 CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND RESISTANCE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST: DECOMMODIFYING 'INDIANNESS' David Howes 9 TRANSFORMING IMAGES: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN NISHNAWBE-ASKI Marian Bredin EPILOGUE: THE DYNAMICS AND ETHICS OF CROSS-CULTURAL CONSUMPTION Constance Classen and David Howes VJ