ISBN:
9789047410478
,
9047410475
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xix, 309 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia 1385-3376 v. 101
Series Statement:
Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia v. 101
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Abaza, Mona Changing consumer cultures of modern Egypt
DDC:
306.3096216
Keywords:
Consumer behavior Egypt
;
Cairo
;
Consumers Attitudes
;
Egypt
;
Cairo
;
Lifestyles Egypt
;
Cairo
;
Consumer behavior
;
Consumers Attitudes
;
Lifestyles
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Consumer behavior
;
Consumers ; Attitudes
;
Economic history
;
Lifestyles
;
Social conditions
;
Consumentengedrag
;
Cultuurverandering
;
Cairo (Egypt) Social conditions
;
Cairo (Egypt) Economic conditions
;
Egypte
;
Egypt
;
Cairo
;
Cairo (Egypt) Social conditions
;
Cairo (Egypt) Economic conditions
;
Egypte
;
Egypt ; Cairo
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book consists of a collage of images that attempts to convey the transformation of consumer culture and how it is related to the urban reshaping of the city of Cairo to meet with the demands of globalisation. Analyzing the shift from socialist economy to the opening up of Egypt's economy, and how this has affected everyday life of the middle classes, the author touches on various themes such as the general changing lifestyles and conspicuous consumption, the spread of mobile phones, and coffee shops, the gated communities and secondary resorts. The "folklorisation of culture" through the flowering tourist industry, the expansion of local crafts, plastic surgery and the body as a site of consumption are all analysed. Although being influenced by the discourse of the Frankfurt school on the culture industry, this work attempts to highlight the paradoxes pertaining to the democratising effects of consumer culture without denying the growing flagrant class polarisation. The readership includes: sociologists, historians, Middle East specialists, cultural studies specialists and all those who are interested in integrating visual art with sociological investigation
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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