Screen LibraryConsumer culture in Latin America
A multidisciplinary collection of new research in the humanities and social sciences on the role of consumption and consumers in modern Latin American cultures.
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137116864 |
| Summary: |
A multidisciplinary collection of new research in the humanities and social sciences on the role of consumption and consumers in modern Latin American cultures. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230340732, 2012. |
| Carrier Form: | 244 p. : 4 figures, 1 maps, 9. |
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9780230340732 9781137116864 : 1137116862 : |
| CLC: | F713.55 |
| Contents: | Understanding Consumer Culture in Latin America-- J.Sinclair & A.C.Pertierra PART I: TRANSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS New Social and Business Models in Latin American Music-- G.Yudice The Advertising Industry in Latin America: A Contemporary Overview-- J.Sinclair PART II: GETTING AND SPENDING From 'Country of the Future' to Emergent Country: Popular Consumption in Brazil-- R.G.Oliven & R.P.Machado Chile's Forgotten Consumers: Poor Urban Families, Consumption Strategies, and the Moral Economy of Risk in Santiago-- J.Stillerman Peasants and Piramides: Consumer Fantasies in the Colombian Andes-- J.Antrosio PART III: DOMESTIC PRACTICE Decorating the New House: The Material Culture of Social Mobility-- T.Ariztia Stitching Identities: Clothing Production and Consumption in Mexico City-- M.Francois Christmas Tamales in Costa Rica (1900-1930)-- P.V.Jimenez, translated by Fergus Grealy and Anna Cristina Pertierra PART IV: IMAGES AND SOUNDSCAPES Quinceanera: Coming of Age through Digital Photography in Cuba-- A.C.Pertierra Images of Work for Consumption: Factory's Representations in Ideological Propaganda and Advertising-- V.Casaqui, translated by Marcela Ferreira da Silva and Anna Cristina Pertierra Tango, Samba and National Identities: Similarities and Differences in the Foundational Myths of 'Mi Noche Triste' and 'Pelo Telefone'-- R.Helal & H.R.Lovisolo, translated by Marc Figuerola Delgado and Anna Cristina Pertierra PART V: SPACES AND PLACES Spaces of Consumerism and the Consumption of Space: Tourism and Social Exclusion in the 'Mayan Riviera'-- D.M.Navarrete & M.Redclift Singing for Shaved Ice: Glacial Loss and Raspadilla in the Peruvian Andes-- K.W.Dunbar & K.D.M.Marcoa Becoming Middle Class? Consumption, Respectability and Place in Sex Tourism-- M.Rivers-Moore. |