From the Margins to the Centre: Cultural Production and Consumption in the Post-Industrial City

ISBN-13: 9781138416130 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Justin O'Connor

Opis

As part of the "Popular Culture in the City" series, this volume examines cultural production and consumption in the post-industrial city. Topics covered include the interchangeable roles of the producer, consumer and cultural intermediary, and the city as a site of ethical consumption.

Recenzje

’...there is a lot of fascinating material here and the emphasis on the role of space and local context in urban regeneration is welcome.’ Environment and Planning

Spis treści

Contents: Fordism, post-Fordism and the contemporary city; Left loafing: city cultures and postmodern lifestyles; Regional variations: northernness and new urban economies of hedonism; The interchangeable roles of the producer, consumer and cultural intermediary. The new pop fashion designer; The ecstasy of urban regeneration: regulation of the night-time economy in the transition to a post-Fordist city; The space that difference makes: negotiation urban identities through consumption practices; The city as a site of ethical consumption and resistance; Capitalist enterprise as a moral or political crusade: opportunities, constraints and contractions; Shouting in the street: popular culture, values and the new ethnography.

O autorze

Justin O’Connor, Derek Wynne