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Consumption, Media and the Global South : Aspiration Contested / by Mehita Iqani

Iqani, Mehita

London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Online-Ressource (256 p, online resource)

Englisch

978-1-137-39013-4

978-1-349-55701-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-137-39012-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 985463616 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1057/9781137390134

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LOC-SH: Business ; Social sciences ; Business and Management ; Culture -- Study and teaching ; Communication ; Industries ; Area studies

Consumption ; Media ; Global South ; selfies ; corruption ; aspiration ; inequality ; consumer ; slum tourism ; celebrity ; yuppies ; Tripadvisor ; Instagram ; South Africa ; China ; India ; Brazil ; film ; media ; politics

What does consumption in the global south signify, and how are its complexities communicated in media discourses? This book looks at the media representation of consumer culture in Africa, China, Brazil and India through case studies ranging from celebrity selfies, to travel websites, news reports and documentary film.