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Consumer Chronicles - Cultures of Consumption in Modern French Literature (Hardcover, New)
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Consumer Chronicles - Cultures of Consumption in Modern French Literature (Hardcover, New)
Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 19
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At a time when the world is contemplating the depletion of
non-renewable natural resources, the consumer society is
increasingly being called into question. This is nowhere more
acutely evident than in France, where since its beginnings in the
nineteenth century, the consumer revolution, extending market
forces into every area of social and private life, has been
perceived as a challenge to core elements in French culture, such
as traditional artisan crafts and small businesses serving local
communities. Cultural historians and sociologists have charted the
increasing commercialisation of everyday life over the twentieth
century, but few have paid systematic attention to the crucial
testimony provided by the authors of narrative fiction. Consumer
Chronicles rectifies this omission by means of close readings of a
series of novels, selected for their authentic portrayal of
consumer behaviour, and analysed in relation to their social,
cultural and historical contexts. Walker's study, offering an
imaginative interdisciplinary panorama covering the impact of
affluence on French shoppers, shopkeepers and society, provides
telling new insights into the history and characteristics of the
consumer mentality.
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