Time, Consumption and Everyday Life: Practice, Materiality and Culture (Cultures of Consumption)

. Ed(s): Wilk, Richard; Trentmann, Frank; Shove, Elizabeth

ISBN 10: 1847883648 / ISBN 13: 9781847883643

Published by Berg Publishers, 2009

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Has material civilization spun out of control, becoming too fast for our own well-being and that of the planet? This book confronts these anxieties and examines the changing rhythms and temporal organization of everyday life. It brings studies of practice, temporality and material culture together to open up a fresh intellectual agenda. Editor(s): Wilk, Richard; Trentmann, Frank; Shove, Elizabeth. Series: Cultures of Consumption Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCD; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time, Consumption and Everyday Life: Practice, Materiality and Culture (Cultures of Consumption)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847883648
• ISBN 13: 9781847883643
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Has material civilization spun out of control, becoming too fast for our own well-being and that of the planet? This book confronts these anxieties and examines the changing rhythms and temporal organization of everyday life. How do people handle hurriedness, burn-out and stress? Are slower forms of consumption viable? In case studies covering the United States, Asia and Europe, international experts follow routines and rhythms, their emotional and political dynamics and show how they are anchored in material culture and everyday practice. Running themes of the book are questions of coordination and disruption; cycles and seasons; and the interplay between power and freedom, and between material and natural forces. The result is a volume that brings studies of practice, temporality and material culture together to open up a new intellectual agenda.

About the Author

Elizabeth Shove is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University. Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. Richard Wilk is Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University.