Cross-Cultural Consumption

This book examines diverse representations of ´otherness´ and identity, and such issues as cultural imperialism and cultural appropiation, Howes and his contributors show how the acelerated global flow of goods and and images challenges the very idea of the ´cultural border´ and creates new spaces for cultural invention. Part I ´The mirror of consumption´ by: Jean Comaroff, Constance Classen, Jean-Marc Philibert and Christine Jourdan. Part II ´Consuming the ´other´ by: Allison James, Brad Weiss and Carol Hendrickson. Part III ´Consumption and identity´ by: Mary M. Crain, David Howes, Marian Bredin, and Constance Classen.