Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life: A View from South India - Couverture rigide

Wilhite, H.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230542549 ISBN 13 : 9780230542549

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

Harold Wilhite makes an important new contribution to the interpretation of changing consumption in India, using an ethnographic approach to interrogate the rapid growth in the consumption of household durables, beauty and cleanliness products, exploring how the engagement of local practices with the globalizing economy result in change.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Harold Wilhite is Associate Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Development and Environment, Norway. He has carried out anthropological research in several regions of the World, including the USA, Norway, Japan and India. He has published on consumption, development and sustainable energy use.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0230542549
• ISBN 13: 9780230542549
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 222
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